Word meaning and legal interpretation : an introductory guide /: an introductory guide. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Christopher Hutton, School of English, University of Hong Kong.
• Authors: Hutton, Christopher
• Contents: Note on Conventions; Introduction: Scope and Aims of the Book; PART I: MEANING AND INTERPRETATION; 1. Linguistic Meaning; 2. Word Meaning and Interpretation in the Law; 3. Ordinary Language and Legal Language; PART II: CASE STUDIES; 4. Classification and Legislative Intent; 5. Characterizing an Event; 6. The Classification of Mundane Objects I: Food Items in United Kingdom Tax Law; 7. The Classification of Mundane Objects II: Cases from the United States; 8. Technological Change and Legal Categories; 9. Lawful and Unlawful Searches; 10. Colonial Encounters: What is a Sacred Object?; 11. Defining Identity I: Job or Profession; 12. Defining Identity II: Nation, People and Race; 13. Defining Identity III: Transgender Identities; 14. Defining Identity IV: Corporate Personhood; PART III: CONCLUDING DISCUSSION; 15. Word Meaning and Interpretative Authority; Abbreviations; References; Cases Cited
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 340.14; Semantics; Law -- Language; General; linguistics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137016164; 1137016167
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.