Language, meaning and the law
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...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages) |
| Format: | 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. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-223) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748633524 (electronic bk.) 0748633529 (electronic bk.) |