TY - BOOK TI - Interpretation, Law and the Construction of Meaning: Collected Papers on Legal Interpretation in Theory, Adjudication and Political Practice SN - 9789048173389 (pbk) U1 - 340 PY - 2007/// CY - Dordrecht PB - Imprint: Springer N1 - 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 ER -