Ordinary meaning : a theory of the most fundamental principle of legal interpretation /
Consider this court case: a defendant has traded a gun for drugs, and there is a criminal sentencing provision that stipulates an enhanced punishment if the defendant "uses" a firearm "during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime." Buying the drugs was obviously a crime--bu...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2015.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The ordinary meaning doctrine
- Hypothetical intentionalism and communicative content
- The constitutive and evidential aspects of ordinary meaning
- Ordinary meaning, "what is said" and "what is communicated"
- Ordinary meaning and lexical semantics
- Conclusion.