| Description |
xiv, 219 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Legal theory. Ch. 1. Law as fact, law as fiction : a tripartite model of legal communication -- Ch. 2. Lexical indeterminacy : contextualism and rule-following in common law adjudication -- Ch. 3. Topical jurisprudence : reconciliation of law and rhetoric -- Ch. 4. Legal speech acts as intersubjective communicative action -- Pt. II. Judicial reasoning. Ch. 5. Who needs fact when you're not narrative? The case of P,C$S vs United Kingdom -- Ch. 6. Taking facts seriously -- Ch. 7. Transforming ambiguity into vagueness in legal interpretation -- Pt. III. Application of law in political practice. Ch. 8. The inclusive/exclusive nation : blacks and indigenous peoples in the construction of the nation in Columbia -- Ch. 9. Global values and floating borders in the Brazilian Amazon -- Ch. 10. Landmarks for Aboriginal law in Australia |
| Notes |
Selected papers presented at the 2004 International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law in Lyon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-219) |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to ECHO (Ebrary) |
| Subject |
Judicial process.
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Law -- Interpretation and construction.
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Semiotics.
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| Author |
Cao, Deborah, 1962-
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Wagner, Anne, 1968-
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Werner, W. G. (Wouter G.), 1966-
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| LC no. |
2007416622 |
| ISBN |
: e-book |
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1402053193 |
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9781402053191 |
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9781402053207 (ebook) |
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