Legal meanings : the making and use of meaning in legal reasoning / edited by Janet Giltrow, Frances Olsen, Donato Mancini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Janet Giltrow,, editor.

Olsen, Frances E., editor.

Mancini, Donato, editor.

Series:

Foundations in language and law ; Volume 1.

Foundations in Language and Law ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Interpretation and construction.

Law.

Law--Language.

Communication in law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 194 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2021]

Summary:

This collection is about how law makes meaning and how meaning makes law. Through clear methodology and substantial findings, chapters expose the deficits of 'literal' meaning and the difficulties in 'ordinary' meaning, in international legal contexts and in more immediate social ones, as well as in courtrooms. Further, chapters in this volume see the challenges to national and international commitments to all speakers sharing a common meaning.

Contents:

Legal meanings: Introduction

Freedom of art in French legal proceedings: A discourse analysis perspective

"What else can you do to pass . . . ?": A pragmatics-based approach to quid pro quo sexual harassment

Hostility to religion or protection against discrimination? Evaluation and argument in a case of conflicting principles

Heller (2008) and the language of the Second Amendment: Grammar, meaning, and canonical conventions

Experimental legal linguistics: A research agenda

Pragmatics and the interpretation of international law: Two Relevance Theory-based approaches

Temporal meanings in legal translation: English-Russian lacunas and associated semantic uncertainties

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and subject index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

3-11-072096-5

OCLC:

1266228876