LEADER 03675nam  2200685Ia 450 
001 9910782999103321
005 20230721005002.0
010   $a0-7486-7148-X
010   $a9786612059001
010   $a1-282-05900-9
010   $a0-7486-3352-9
024 7 $a10.1515/9780748633524
035   $a(CKB)1000000000716110
035   $a(EBL)420678
035   $a(OCoLC)476252594
035   $a(SSID)ssj0000189167
035   $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168143
035   $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189167
035   $a(PQKBWorkID)10157094
035   $a(PQKB)11541625
035   $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092810
035   $a(MiAaPQ)EBC420678
035   $a(Au-PeEL)EBL420678
035   $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10277565
035   $a(CaONFJC)MIL205900
035   $a(DE-B1597)615040
035   $a(DE-B1597)9780748633524
035   $a(OCoLC)1302162337
035   $a(EXLCZ)991000000000716110
100   $a20081117d2009      uy             0
101 0 $aeng
135   $aur|n|---|||||
181   $ctxt
182   $cc
183   $acr
200 10$aLanguage, meaning and the law$b[electronic resource] /$fChristopher Hutton
210   $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$dc2009
215   $a1 online resource (257 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-7486-3351-0 
311   $a0-7486-3350-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-223) and index.
327   $aCover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface: The Scope of the Book; Introduction: Parables of Language and Law; Part I Theoretical Frameworks; 1 Legal Theory and Language; 2 Systems Theory, Normativity and the 'Realist Dilemma'; 3 Philosophy, Law and Language; 4 Issues in Legal Interpretation; Part II Selected Topics; 5 Literal Meaning, the Dictionary and the Law; 6 Representation, Reproduction and Intention; 7 Idols of the Market; Part III Key Issues; A Insider Judges and Outsider Critics; B Hard Cases and Ideal Interpreters; C The Judge as Tennis Umpire; D The Golden Mean?
327   $aE Reflexivity and Garfinkel's Dystopia of ReasonsF The Single Meaning Rule and Defamation Law; Part IV Conclusion; The Semiotics of Law, Language and Money; Appendices: Discussion Materials and Exercises; A The Hogsville files; B Rules, norms and the everyday; C Who owns language?; D Popular meaning and statutory interpretation; E Literal meaning and national security: Adler v George (1964); F 'No vehicles across state lines': a famous vehicle case McBoyle v United States (1931); G Grice and perjury; Further Reading; References; Legal Cases Cited; Index
330   $aLanguage, Meaning and the Law offers an accessible, critical guide to debates about linguistic meaning and interpretation in relation to legal language. Law is an ideal domain for considering fundamental questions relating to how we assign meanings to words, understand and comment on texts, and deal with socially and ideologically significant questions of interpretation. The book argues that theoretical issues of concern to linguists, philosophers, literary theorists and others are illuminated by the demands of the legal context, since law is driven by the need for practical solutions and for
606   $aLaw$xLanguage
606   $aLegal composition
615  0$aLaw$xLanguage.
615  0$aLegal composition.
676   $a340.14
686   $a17.61$2bcl
686   $a17.63$2bcl
700   $aHutton$b Christopher$0223843
801  0$bMiAaPQ
801  1$bMiAaPQ
801  2$bMiAaPQ
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910782999103321
996   $aLanguage, meaning and the law$93723827
997   $aUNINA