Overview

The study of legal semiotics emphasizes the contingency and fluidity of legal concepts and stresses the existence of overlapping, competing and coexisting legal discourses. New problems, changing power structures and societal norms and new faces of injustice -- all these force reconsideration, reformulation and even replacement of established doctrines. This book focuses on the application of law in a wide variety of contexts, including international politics and diplomatic practice.

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Author:   Anne Wagner ,  Wouter Werner ,  Deborah Cao
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2007 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.130kg
ISBN:  

9781402053191

ISBN 10:   1402053193
Pages:   219
Publication Date:   23 November 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Legal Theory.- Law as Fact, Law as Fiction.- Lexical Indeterminacy.- Topical Jurisprudence.- Legal Speech Acts as Intersubjective Communicative Action.- Judicial Reasoning.- Who needs Fact when you’ve got Narrative? The Case of P,C&S vs. United Kingdom.- Taking Facts Seriously.- Transforming Ambiguity into Vagueness in Legal Interpretation.- Application of Law in Political Practice.- The Inclusive/Exclusive Nation.- Global Values and Floating Borders in the Brazilian Amazon.- Landmarks for Aboriginal Law in Australia.

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Combining theoretical inspiration with a keen interest in case law, this volume will appeal to scholars and students of legal theory, jurisprudence, legal anthropology, postcolonial studies, indeed to anyone who's interested in problems of interpretation in legal and political theory and practice. It should also come in very handy in the classroom. Ronnie Lippens, Professor of Criminology, Keele University

Combining theoretical inspiration with a keen interest in case law, this volume will appeal to scholars and students of legal theory, jurisprudence, legal anthropology, postcolonial studies, indeed to anyone whoa (TM)s interested in problems of interpretation in legal and political theory and practice. It should also come in very handy in the classroom. Ronnie Lippens, Professor of Criminology, Keele University

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