The Nature of Legal Interpretation : What Jurists Can Learn about Legal Interpretation from Linguistics and Philosophy / Brian G. Slocum.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Slocum, Brian G., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Law--Language.
• Law--Interpretation and construction.
• Law--Language--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

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? To fully engage and probe these questions of interpretation, this volume draws upon a variety of experts from several fields, who collectively examine the interpretation of legal texts. In The Nature of Legal Interpretation, the contributors argue that the meaning of language is crucial to the interpretation of legal texts, such as statutes, constitutions, and contracts. Accordingly, expert analysis of language from linguists, philosophers, and legal scholars should influence how courts interpret legal texts. Offering insightful new interdisciplinary perspectives on originalism and legal interpretation, these essays put forth a significant and provocative discussion of how best to characterize the nature of language in legal texts.

Contents:

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction / Slocum, Brian G.
• Chapter One. The Contribution of Linguistics to Legal Interpretation / Slocum, Brian G.
• Chapter Two. Philosophy of Language, Linguistics, and Possible Lessons about Originalism / Greenawalt, Kent
• Chapter Three. Linguistic Knowledge and Legal Interpretation / Solan, Lawrence M.
• Chapter Four. The Continued Relevance of Philosophical Hermeneutics in Legal Thought / Ravitch, Frank S.
• Chapter Five. The Strange Fate of Holmes's Normal Speaker of English / Petroski, Karen
• Chapter Six. Originalism, Hermeneutics, and the Fixation Thesis / Solum, Lawrence B.
• Chapter Seven. Getting Over the Originalist Fixation / Mootz, Francis J.
• Chapter Eight. Legal Speech and the Elements of Adjudication / Allott, Nicholas / Shaer, Benjamin
• Chapter Nine. Deferentialism, Living Originalism, and the Constitution / Soames, Scott
• Chapter Ten. Deferentialism and Adjudication / Rosen, Gideon
• Response to Chapter Ten. Comments on Rosen / Soames, Scott
• Contributors
• Cases
• Index

Notes:

• Includes index.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

OCLC:

988759537