Language of Law

Employing recent advances in philosophy of language to elucidate key aspects of legal communication, this volume examines how the language of legal directives can determine the content of the law, thereby enabling a better understanding of the boundaries between normative and linguistic determinants of legal content.

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About the author

Professor Marmor concentrates his study on legal and moral philosophy. Marmor is the director of the USC Center for Law and Philosophy, and editor in chief of the Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy, www.jesp.org. Marmor has published an extensive amount of work, including several books and many articles written on diverse topics in philosophy of law and moral-political philosophy.

Summary

Employing recent advances in philosophy of language to elucidate key aspects of legal communication, this volume examines how the language of legal directives can determine the content of the law, thereby enabling a better understanding of the boundaries between normative and linguistic determinants of legal content.

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This is an important volume produced by one of its leading contemporary exponents.

Product details

• Authors: Marmor, Andrei Marmor, Andrei (Professor of Philosophy & Maurice Marmor
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2014
• EAN: 9780198714538
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871453-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Legal Reference / Law Profession, LAW / Jurisprudence