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Language, Meaning and the Law
Chris Hutton
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Description for Language, Meaning and the Law
Paperback. A guide to the fascinating questions raised by the study of language and law. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: CFG; LA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Language, Meaning and the Law offers an accessible, critical guide to debates about linguistic meaning and interpretation in relation to legal language. Law is an ideal domain for considering fundamental questions relating to how we assign meanings to words, understand and comment on texts, and deal with socially and ideologically significant questions of interpretation. The book argues that theoretical issues of concern to linguists, philosophers, literary theorists and others are illuminated by the demands of the legal context, since law is driven by the need for practical solutions and for determinate outcomes based on explicit reasoning. Topics covered include: the ... Read more
Language, Meaning and the Law offers an accessible, critical guide to debates about linguistic meaning and interpretation in relation to legal language. Law is an ideal domain for considering fundamental questions relating to how we assign meanings to words, understand and comment on texts, and deal with socially and ideologically significant questions of interpretation. The book argues that theoretical issues of concern to linguists, philosophers, literary theorists and others are illuminated by the demands of the legal context, since law is driven by the need for practical solutions and for determinate outcomes based on explicit reasoning. Topics covered include: the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748633517
SKU
V9780748633517
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Ref
99-15
About Chris Hutton
Chris Hutton is Professor in the School of English at the University of Hong Kong. He holds a BA (1980) and a DPhil from Oxford University (1988), an MA from Columbia University (1985), and recently completed a Postgraduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Laws (Manchester Metropolitan University, 2007). His publications include Linguistics and the Third Reich (Routledge, 1999), Race ... Read more
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