The nature of legal interpretation : what jurists can learn about legal interpretation from linguistics and philosophy / Brian G. Slocum.
2018
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The nature of legal interpretation : what jurists can learn about legal interpretation from linguistics and philosophy / Brian G. Slocum.
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
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1 online resource
Summary
Language shapes and reflects how we think about the world. It engages and intrigues us. Our everyday use of language is quite effortless - we are all experts on our native tongues. Despite this, issues of language and meaning have long flummoxed the judges on whom we depend for the interpretation of our most fundamental legal texts. Should a judge feel confident in defining common words in the texts without the aid of a linguist? How is the meaning communicated by the text determined? Should the communicative meaning of texts be decisive, or at least influential? To fully engage and probe these questions of interpretation, this volume draws upon a variety of experts from several fields, who collectively examine the interpretation of legal texts.
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Previously issued in print: 2017.
Language shapes and reflects how we think about the world. It engages and intrigues us. Our everyday use of language is quite effortless - we are all experts on our native tongues. Despite this, issues of language and meaning have long flummoxed the judges on whom we depend for the interpretation of our most fundamental legal texts. Should a judge feel confident in defining common words in the texts without the aid of a linguist? How is the meaning communicated by the text determined? Should the communicative meaning of texts be decisive, or at least influential? To fully engage and probe these questions of interpretation, this volume draws upon a variety of experts from several fields, who collectively examine the interpretation of legal texts.
Language shapes and reflects how we think about the world. It engages and intrigues us. Our everyday use of language is quite effortless - we are all experts on our native tongues. Despite this, issues of language and meaning have long flummoxed the judges on whom we depend for the interpretation of our most fundamental legal texts. Should a judge feel confident in defining common words in the texts without the aid of a linguist? How is the meaning communicated by the text determined? Should the communicative meaning of texts be decisive, or at least influential? To fully engage and probe these questions of interpretation, this volume draws upon a variety of experts from several fields, who collectively examine the interpretation of legal texts.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 12, 2017).
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University Press Scholarship Online.
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Oxford Academic.
Language
English
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Specialized.
ISBN
9780226445168 ebook
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