Language, meaning and the law [[electronic resource] /] / Christopher Hutton

• Autore: Hutton Christopher
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 340.14
• Soggetto topico: Law - Language; Legal composition
• Classificazione: 17.61; 17.63
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-223) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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? ; E 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Language, 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Language, meaning and the law
• ISBN: 0-7486-7148-X; 9786612059001; 1-282-05900-9; 0-7486-3352-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782999103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II