Law and Interpretation

Essays in Legal Philosophy
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-19-826487-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 717 g

Interpretation has emerged in recent years as one of the most interesting and important elements of legal scholarship. This collection of new essays in law and interpretation provides an overview of this important topic, written by some of the most distinguished scholars in the field. The collection assesses the role of legislative intent in the interpretation of statutes, and in determining legal standards. This collection will appeal not only to lawyers and to legal theorists, but to all scholars of legal discourse.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marmor, Andrei

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Foreword

- I. Interpretation and Method in Legal Theory

- 1: M.S. Moore: Interpreting Interpretation

- 2: M. Stone: Focusing the Law: What Legal Interpretation is Not

- 3: S.R. Perry: Interpretation and Methodology in Legal Theory

- 4: B. Bix: Questions in Legal Interpretation

- II. Interpretation, Objectivity, and Determinacy

- 5: J. Raz: Interpretation without Retrieval

- 6: A. Marmor: Three Concepts of Objectivity

- 7: J. Coleman and B. Leiter: Determinacy, Objectivity, and Authority

- 8: L. Alexander and K. Kress: Against Legal Principles

- III. Interpretation and Legislative Intent

- 9: J. Waldron: Legislators' Intentions and Unintentional Legislation

- 10: L. Alexander: All or Nothing At All? The Intentions of Authorities and the Authority of Intentions

- 11: H.M. Hurd: Interpreting Authorities

- 12: M. Dan-Cohen: Interpreting Official Speech