Legal interpretation perspectives from other disciplines and private texts
Greenawalt, Kent 1936-
Legal interpretation perspectives from other disciplines and private texts - New York Oxford University Press 2010 - ix,357p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: dimensions of inquiry -- Speaker intent and convention; linguistic meaning and pragmatics; vagueness and indeterminacy: three topics in the philosophy of language -- Literary interpretation, performance art, and related subjects -- Religious interpretation -- General theories of interpretation -- Starting from the bottom: informal instructions -- The law of agency -- Wills -- Contracts -- Judicial alterations of textual provisions: Cy Pres and relatives -- Conclusion and a comparison.
9780199756131
Law--Interpretation and construction.
Law--Philosophy.
Comparative law.
340.2 / GR-L
Legal interpretation perspectives from other disciplines and private texts - New York Oxford University Press 2010 - ix,357p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: dimensions of inquiry -- Speaker intent and convention; linguistic meaning and pragmatics; vagueness and indeterminacy: three topics in the philosophy of language -- Literary interpretation, performance art, and related subjects -- Religious interpretation -- General theories of interpretation -- Starting from the bottom: informal instructions -- The law of agency -- Wills -- Contracts -- Judicial alterations of textual provisions: Cy Pres and relatives -- Conclusion and a comparison.
9780199756131
Law--Interpretation and construction.
Law--Philosophy.
Comparative law.
340.2 / GR-L