The Pragmatic Turn in Law
Inference and Interpretation in Legal Discourse
In legal interpretation, where does meaning come from? Law is made from language, yet law, unlike other language-related disciplines, has not so far experienced its pragmatic turn towards inference and the construction of meaning. This book investigates to what extent a pragmatically based view of l linguistic and legal interpretation can lead to new theoretical views for law and, in addition, to practical consequences in legal decision-making.With its traditional emphasis on ?the letter of the law? and the immutable stability of a text as legal foundation, law has been slow to take the pragmatic perspective: namely, the language-user?'s expe…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Stein, Dieter (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-5015-1894-2
- EAN: 9781501518942
- Produktnummer: 31781821
- Verlag: De Gruyter Mouton
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 388 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.4 cm x D2.5 cm 586 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 586
Über den Autor
Dieter A. Stein, Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf, Germany; Janet Giltrow, University of British Columbia, Canada
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