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Interpretation, law, and the construction of meaning : collected papers on legal interpretation in theory, adjudication and political practice

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Edition Details

• Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): Wouter G. Werner, Anne Wagner, Deborah Cao
• Language: English
• Jurisdiction(s): Netherlands
• Publication Information: Dordrecht, the Netherlands : Springer, ©2007
• Publication Type (Medium): Electronic books, Conference papers and proceedings, Congresses, Congre?s
• Material: Conference publication, Document, Internet resource
• Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
• Permalink: https://books.lawin.org/interpretation-law-and-the-construction-of-meaning-collected-papers-on-legal-interpretation-in-theory-adjudication-and-political-practice-2275/ (Stable identifier)

Additional Format

Print version: International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law (2004: Lyon, France). Interpretation, law, and the construction of meaning. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer, ©2007 (DLC) 2007416622 (OCoLC)77482164

Short Description

1 online resource (XIV, 219 pages)

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Interpretation, law, and the construction of meaning : collected papers on legal interpretation in theory, adjudication […] is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

• Publisher: Springer
• Responsable Person: [compiled] by Anne Wagner, Wouter Werner and Deborah Cao.
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Location: Dordrecht, the Netherlands
• Country/State: Netherlands
• Number of Editions: 11 editions
• First edition Date: 2007
• Last edition Date: 2007
• General Notes: Selected papers presented at the 2004 International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law in Lyon.
• Languages: English
• Library of Congress Code: K213
• Dewey Code: 340.14
• ISBN: 9781402053207 1402053207 1402053193 9781402053191
• OCLC: 187314601

Main Contents

Front Matter; Law as Fact, Law as Fiction; Lexical Indeterminacy; Topical Jurisprudence; Legal Speech Acts as Intersubjective Communicative Action; Who needs Fact when you’ve got Narrative? The Case of P, C & S vs. United Kingdom; Taking Facts Seriously; Transforming Ambiguity into Vagueness in Legal Interpretation; The Inclusive/Exclusive Nation; Global Values and Floating Borders in the Brazilian Amazon; Landmarks for Aboriginal Law in Australia; Back Matter.

Table of Contents

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES… VII
INTRODUCTION…xi
PART I: LEGAL THEORY
CHAPTER 1I
LAW AS FACT, LAW AS FICTION:
A TRIPARTITE MODEL OF LEGAL COMMUNICATION…3
CHAPTER 2
LEXICAL INDETERMINACY:
CONTEXTUALISM AND RULE-FOLLOWING IN COMMON LAW
A DJUDICATION – 21

CHAPTER 3
TOPICAL JURISPRUDENCE:
RECONCILIATION OF LAW AND RHETORIC – 49

CHAPTER 4
LEGAL SPEECH ACTS AS INTERSUBJECTIVE COMMUNICATIVE
ACTION…65
PART II: JUDICIAL REASONING
CHAPTER 5
WHO NEEDS FACT WHEN YOU’VE GOT NARRATIVE? THE CASE
OF P,C&S VS UNITED KINGDOM…85
CHAPTER 6
TAKING FACTS SERIOUSLY – 109

CHAPTER 7
TRANSFORMING AMBIGUITY INTO VAGUENESS IN LEGAL
INTERPRETATION – 121

PART III: APPLICATION OF LAW IN POLITICAL PRACTICE
CHAPTER 8
THE INCLUSIVE/EXCLUSIVE NATION: BLACKS AND INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATION IN COLOMBIA – 141

CHAPTER 9
GLOBAL VALUES AND FLOATING BORDERS IN THE BRAZILIAN
AMAZON – 169

CHAPTER 10
LANDMARKS FOR ABORIGINAL LAW IN AUSTRALIA – 195

REFERENCES – 205

Structured Subjects (Headings):

• Ethics
• Interpretation and construction
• Judicial process
• Philosophy
• Political aspects
• Semiotics (Law)

Unstructured Subjects (Headings):

• Interpretation and construction
• Judicial process
• Political aspects
• Semiotics (Law)