TY  - BOOK
AU  - Asgeirsson,Hrafn
TI  - The nature and value of vagueness in the law
T2  - Law and Practical Reason
SN  - 9781474202756
AV  - K290 .A856 2020eb
U1  - 340/.1 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London [England]
PB  - Hart Publishing
KW  - Law
KW  - Interpretation and construction
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Vagueness (Philosophy)
KW  - Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 1. Authority, Communication and Legal Content -- 2. On the Instrumental Value of Vagueness in the Law -- 3. Vagueness and Power Delegation in Law -- 4. Vagueness, Uncertainty and Behaviour -- 5. On the Possibility of Non-literal Legislative Speech -- 6. Textualism, Content and Interpretation -- 7. Resolving Cases of Vagueness -- 8. Legal Practice and Theories of Vagueness; Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers
N2  - "Lawmaking is - paradigmatically - a type of speech act: people make law by saying things. It is natural to think, therefore, that the content of the law is determined by what lawmakers communicate. However, what they communicate is sometimes vague and, even when it is clear, the content itself is sometimes vague. This monograph examines the nature and consequences of these two linguistic sources of indeterminacy in the law. The aim is to give plausible answers to three related questions: In virtue of what is the law vague? What might be good about vague law? How should courts resolve cases of vagueness? It argues that vagueness in the law is sometimes a good thing, although its value should not be overestimated. It also proposes a strategy for resolving borderline cases, arguing that textualism and intentionalism – two leading theories of legal interpretation – often complement rather than compete with each other.--
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474202756?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
ER  -