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Peter M. Tiersma & Lawrence M. Solan (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Language and Law (Oxford University Press, 2012)
12 Pages Posted: 18 Aug 2015
Date Written: 2012
Abstract
The article gives an overview of issues at the intersection of legal interpretation and philosophy of language: including American legal realist and critical legal studies claims of legal indeterminacy, applications of Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations and metaphysical realist theories to legal reasoning, H.L.A. Hart's theory of "open texture," and the role of intentions in (constitutional and non-constitutional) interpretation,
Keywords: legal interpretation, philosophy of language, legal indeterminacy, H.L.A. Hart, open texture
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