The nature of legal interpretation : what jurists can learn about legal interpretation from linguistics and philosophy /
"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 interpretati...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2017
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| 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."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 292 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780226445021 022644502X |