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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Slocum, Brian G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.