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  1. Language, meaning and the law
    Published: ©2009
    Publisher:  Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0748633502; 0748633510; 0748633529; 9780748633500; 9780748633517; 9780748633524
    Subjects: LAW / Legal Writing; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General; Law / Language; Rechtstaal; Taalgebruik; Interpretatie; Discourse analysis; Rechtssprache; Semantik; Soziolinguistik; Linguistik; Recht; Sprachgebrauch; Law; Semantik; Rechtssprache; Soziolinguistik
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 244 pages)
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    Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002

    Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-223) and index

    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

    Legal theory and language -- - System theory, normativity and the "realist dilemma" -- - Philosophy, law and language -- - Issues in legal interpretation -- - Literal meaning, the dictionary and the law -- - Representation, reproduction and intention -- - Idols of the market -- - Key issues - Insider judges and outsider critics - Hard cases and ideal interpreters - The judge as a tennis umpire - The golden mean? - Reflexivity and Garfinkel's dystopia of reasons - The single meaning rule and defamation of law -- - Conclusion - The semiotics of law, language and money -- - Appendices - The Hogsville files - Rules, norms and the everyday - Who owns language? - Popular meaning and statutory interpretation - Literal meaning and national security - "No vehicles across state lines" : a famous vehicle case - Grice and perjury

  2. Language, meaning and the law
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Edinburgh Univ. Press, Edinburgh

    Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780748633500; 9780748633517
    RVK Categories: ES 155
    Subjects: Discourse analysis; Interpretatie; Rechtstaal; Taalgebruik; Recht; Sprachgebrauch; Law; Rechtssprache; Soziolinguistik; Semantik
    Scope: XII, 244 S.
  3. Language, meaning and the law
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Edinburgh Univ. Press, Edinburgh

    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780748633500; 9780748633517
    RVK Categories: ES 155
    Subjects: Discourse analysis; Interpretatie; Rechtstaal; Taalgebruik; Recht; Sprachgebrauch; Law; Rechtssprache; Soziolinguistik; Semantik
    Scope: XII, 244 S.