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Language, meaning and the law /
Language, Meaning and the Law offers an accessible, critical guide to debates about linguistic meaning and interpretation in relation to legal language. Law is an ideal domain for considering fundamental questions relating to how we assign meanings to words, understand and comment on texts, and deal...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2009.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Legal theory and language
- System theory, normativity and the "realist dilemma"
- Philosophy, law and language
- Issues in legal interpretation
- Literal meaning, the dictionary and the law
- Representation, reproduction and intention
- Idols of the market
- Key issues: Insider judges and outsider critics. Hard cases and ideal interpreters. The judge as a tennis umpire. The golden mean? Reflexivity and Garfinkel's dystopia of reasons. The single meaning rule and defamation of law
- Conclusion: The semiotics of law, language and money
- Appendices: The Hogsville files. Rules, norms and the everyday. Who owns language? Popular meaning and statutory interpretation. Literal meaning and national security. "No vehicles across state lines" : a famous vehicle case. Grice and perjury.