"From the ancient beginnings of Western legal tradition, law has been conceived as traversed by a fundamental tension between power (will) and reason. This volume examines the tension between these two poles, ratio and voluntas in modern law. Part I focuses on three instructive …
"Language plays an essential role both in creating law and in governing its implementation, Providing an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this subject, 'Language and Law' describes the different registers and genres that make up spoken and written legal language and …
"Language plays an essential role both in creating law and in governing its implementation, Providing an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this subject, 'Language and Law' describes the different registers and genres that make up spoken and written legal language and …
"Statutory interpretation involves the reconstruction of the meaning of a legal statement when it cannot be considered as accepted or granted. This phenomenon needs to be considered not only from the legal and linguistic perspective, but also from the argumentative one - which f…
Statutory interpretation involves the reconstruction of the meaning of a legal statement when it cannot be considered as accepted or granted. This phenomenon needs to be considered not only from the legal and linguistic perspective, but also from the argumentative one - which fo…
"The English word "interpretation" comes from Latin interpretatio, from interpres, originally meaning an intermediary, broker, or agent, and then also an explainer or translator (De Vaan 2008, 307). In its turn interpres seems to have resulted from the fusion of inter (between) …
Statutory interpretation involves the reconstruction of the meaning of a legal statement when it cannot be considered as accepted or granted. This phenomenon needs to be considered not only from the legal and linguistic perspective, but also from the argumentative one - which fo…
"The English word "interpretation" comes from Latin interpretatio, from interpres, originally meaning an intermediary, broker, or agent, and then also an explainer or translator (De Vaan 2008, 307). In its turn interpres seems to have resulted from the fusion of inter (between) …
"The English word "interpretation" comes from Latin interpretatio, from interpres, originally meaning an intermediary, broker, or agent, and then also an explainer or translator (De Vaan 2008, 307). In its turn interpres seems to have resulted from the fusion of inter (between) …
"La filosofía del derecho actual se caracteriza por el giro argumentativo que contempla el conjunto de los fenómenos jurídicos desde el punto de vista de la persuasión racional. En este nuevo contexto, se hacía imprescindible ofrecer a los juristas una orientación teórica y prác…
"La filosofía del derecho actual se caracteriza por el giro argumentativo que contempla el conjunto de los fenómenos jurídicos desde el punto de vista de la persuasión racional. En este nuevo contexto, se hacía imprescindible ofrecer a los juristas una orientación teórica y prác…
"La filosofía del derecho actual se caracteriza por el giro argumentativo que contempla el conjunto de los fenómenos jurídicos desde el punto de vista de la persuasión racional. En este nuevo contexto, se hacía imprescindible ofrecer a los juristas una orientación teórica y prác…
"Different legal systems share some basic developmental tendencies that are rooted in the historical evolution of language and culture. In this comparative history of English common law, Islamic law, and Chinese imperialist law Sharron Gu describes the formation of three diverse…
