Description |
1 online resource (444 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; PART ONE: INTERPRETATION; PART TWO: PURPOSIVE INTERPRETATION; PART THREE: INTERPRETATION IN LAW; Appendices; Index |
Summary |
This book presents a comprehensive theory of legal interpretation, by a leading judge and legal theorist. Currently, legal philosophers and jurists apply different theories of interpretation to constitutions, statutes, rules, wills, and contracts. Aharon Barak argues that an alternative approach--purposive interpretation--allows jurists and scholars to approach all legal texts in a similar manner while remaining sensitive to the important differences. Moreover, regardless of whether purposive interpretation amounts to a unifying theory, it would still be superior to other methods of interpreta |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Law -- Interpretation and construction.
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Law.
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Law -- Philosophy.
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Semantics (Law)
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Law
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Law -- Interpretation and construction
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Law -- Philosophy
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Semantics (Law)
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Bashi, Sari
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ISBN |
9781400841264 |
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1400841267 |
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1283291002 |
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9781283291002 |
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