Philosophical foundations of language in the law /
Marmor
Soames, ScottContributor
Marmor, AndreiContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
This collection brings together the best contemporary work in the area of philosophy of language and the law. The first area concerns a critical assessment of the foundational role of language in understanding the nature of law itself. The second main area concerns a number of ways in which an understanding of language can resolve some of the issues prevalent in legal interpretation, the third general topic concerns the role of language in the context of particular legal doctrines and legal solutions to practical problems.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This collection brings together the best contemporary work in the area of philosophy of language and the law. The first area concerns a critical assessment of the foundational role of language in understanding the nature of law itself. The second main area concerns a number of ways in which an understanding of language can resolve some of the issues prevalent in legal interpretation, the third general topic concerns the role of language in the context of particular legal doctrines and legal solutions to practical problems.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The Value of Vagueness / Timothy Endicott -- What Vagueness and Inconsistency tell us about Interpretation / Scott Soames -- Vagueness and the Guidance of Action / Jeremy Waldron -- Can the Law Imply More than It Says? On Some Pragmatic Aspects of Strategic Speech / Andrei Marmor -- Textualism and the Discovery of Rights / John Perry -- Textualism, Intentionalism, and the Law of the Contract / Gideon Rosen -- Modeling Legal Rules / Richard Holton -- Trying to Kill the Dead : De Dicto and De Re Intention in Attempted Crimes / Gideon Yaffe -- Legislation as Communication? Legal Interpretation and the Study of Linguistic Communication / Mark Greenberg.
Law
Law, Politics & Government
Law, General & Comparative