The nature of legal interpretation : what jurists can learn about legal interpretation from linguistics and philosophy / edited by Brian G. Slocum.
2017
K487.L36 N38 2017 (Mapit)
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The nature of legal interpretation : what jurists can learn about legal interpretation from linguistics and philosophy / edited by Brian G. Slocum.
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
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©2017.
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292 pages ; 24 cm
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Introduction / Brian G. Slocum
The contribution of linguistics to legal interpretation / Brian G. Slocum
Philosophy of language, linguistics, and possible lessons about originalism / Kent Greenawalt
Linguistic knowledge and legal interpretation: what goes right, what goes wrong / Lawrence M. Solan
The continued relevance of philosophical hermeneutics in legal thought / Frank S. Ravitch
The strange fate of Holmes's normal speaker of English / Karen Petroski
Originalism, hermeneutics, and the fixation thesis / Lawrence B. Solum
Getting over the originalist fixation / Francis J. Mootz III
Legal speech and the elements of adjudication / Nicholas Allott and Benjamin Shaer
Deferentialism, living originalism, and the constitution / Scott Soames
Deferentialism and adjudication / Gideon Rosen
Response to chapter ten: comments on Rosen / Scott Soames.
The contribution of linguistics to legal interpretation / Brian G. Slocum
Philosophy of language, linguistics, and possible lessons about originalism / Kent Greenawalt
Linguistic knowledge and legal interpretation: what goes right, what goes wrong / Lawrence M. Solan
The continued relevance of philosophical hermeneutics in legal thought / Frank S. Ravitch
The strange fate of Holmes's normal speaker of English / Karen Petroski
Originalism, hermeneutics, and the fixation thesis / Lawrence B. Solum
Getting over the originalist fixation / Francis J. Mootz III
Legal speech and the elements of adjudication / Nicholas Allott and Benjamin Shaer
Deferentialism, living originalism, and the constitution / Scott Soames
Deferentialism and adjudication / Gideon Rosen
Response to chapter ten: comments on Rosen / Scott Soames.
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? ...[Contributors] argue that the meaning of language is crucial to the interpretation of legal texts, such as statutes, constitutions, and contracts. Accordingly, ...analysis of language from linguists, philosophers, and legal scholars should influence how courts interpret legal texts."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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STA
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K487.L36 N38 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9780226445021 hardcover ; alkaline paper
022644502X hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780226445168 electronic book
022644502X hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780226445168 electronic book
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