TY  - BOOK
AU  - Slocum,Brian G.
TI  - The nature of legal interpretation: what jurists can learn about legal interpretation from linguistics and philosophy 
SN  - 9780226445168
AV  - K487.L36 N38 2018
U1  - 340.14 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - Law
KW  - Language
KW  - Interpretation and construction
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - ukslc
KW  - North America
KW  - thema
KW  - Jurisprudence & general issues
KW  - Legal profession: general
N1  - Previously issued in print: 2017; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - Language shapes and reflects how we think about the world. It engages and intrigues us. Our everyday use of language is quite effortless - we are all experts on our native tongues. Despite this, issues of language and meaning have long flummoxed the judges on whom we depend for the interpretation of our most fundamental legal texts. Should a judge feel confident in defining common words in the texts without the aid of a linguist? How is the meaning communicated by the text determined? Should the communicative meaning of texts be decisive, or at least influential? To fully engage and probe these questions of interpretation, this volume draws upon a variety of experts from several fields, who collectively examine the interpretation of legal texts
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