Pragmatics and law : practical and theoretical perspectives /: practical and theoretical perspectives. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Francesca Poggi, Alessandro Capone, editors.
• Editors: Poggi, Francesca; Capone, Alessandro
• Contents: Preface -- Part I. Pragmatics and legal interpretation. 1. Slippery meaning and accountability / Kasia M. Jaszczolt -- 2. Implicitness in normative texts / Marina Sbisà -- 3. What inferentialism tells us about combinatory vagueness in law / Damiano Canale -- 4. On the possibility of non-literal legislative speech / Hrafn Asgeirsson -- 5. The pragmatics of scepticism / Pierluigi Chiassoni -- 6. Doubting legal language: interpretive scepticism and legal practice / Nicola Muffato -- 7. Legal text and pragmatics: semantic battles or the power of the declarative in specialized discourse / Ekkehard Felder -- Part II. Pragmatics and legal theory. 8. A puzzle about Hart's theory of internal legal statements / Michael S. Green -- 9. Can metalinguistic negotiations and 'conceptual ethics' rescue legal positivism? / Teresa Marques -- 10. The dark side of imperatives / Alessio Sardo -- 11. Disputable means: pragmatic knowledge practices in sovereign debt agreements. Reflections on the Argentinian case / Leticia Barrera -- 12. The role of pragmatics in the web of data / Pompeu Casanovas, Víctor Rodríguez-Doncel, Jorge González-Conejero -- Part III. Pragmatics and legal adjudication. 13. Pragmatics of adjudication. In the footsteps of Alf Ross / Mauro Barberis -- 14. Pragmatic disorders in forensic settings / Louise Cummings -- 15. The pragmatics of stereotypes in legal decision-making / Federico José Arena -- 16. Epistemic stance in courtroom interaction / Sune Sønderberg Mortensen, Janus Mortensen -- 17. Assessing testimony and other evidencial sources in law: an epistemological approach / Florencia Rimoldi, Hernán G. Bouvier.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 476 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 340/.14; Linguistics; Law -- Language; Language and languages -- Philosophy; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative; Language and languages -- Philosophy; Law -- Language; Pragmatics; Pragmatics; Philosophy -- Reference; Philosophy of language; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Semantics; Linguistics_xPhilosophy; Philosophy of law; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Semantics; Semantics, discourse analysis, etc; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319446011; 3319446010
• Related ISBNs: 9783319445991; 3319445995
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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