Interpretation, Law and the Construction of Meaning Collected Papers on Legal Interpretation in Theory, Adjudication and Political Practice /
edited by Anne Wagner, Wouter Werner, Deborah Cao.
- Dordrecht : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
- xiv, 219 p. ; 24 cm.
Selected papers presented at the 2004 International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law in Lyon.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-219).
Legal Theory -- Law as Fact, Law as Fiction -- Lexical Indeterminacy -- Topical Jurisprudence -- Legal Speech Acts as Intersubjective Communicative Action -- Judicial Reasoning -- Who needs Fact when you’ve got Narrative? The Case of P,C&S vs. United Kingdom -- Taking Facts Seriously -- Transforming Ambiguity into Vagueness in Legal Interpretation -- Application of Law in Political Practice -- The Inclusive/Exclusive Nation -- Global Values and Floating Borders in the Brazilian Amazon -- Landmarks for Aboriginal Law in Australia.