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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.

LIBRA K487.L36 N38 2017
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Slocum, Brian G., editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Law--Language.
Law.
Law--Interpretation and construction.
Law--Language--Philosophy.
Physical Description:
292 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Contents:
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
9780226445021
022644502X
OCLC:
958798818

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