| Law and Legal Interpretation Contributor(s): Atria Lemaitre, Fernando (Editor), Maccormick, Neil (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138715573 ISBN-13: 9781138715578 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $218.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Physical Information: (2.41 lbs) 594 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This title was first published in 2003. Leading contemporary essays on interpretation are assembled in this volume, which offsets them against a small number of "classical" works from earlier periods. It has long been recognized that textual sources (constitutions, statutes, precedents, commentaries) are central to developed systems of law and that interpretation of such texts is one highly important element in adjudication, legal practice and legal scholarship. Scholars have also contended that the totality of legal activity is "interpretive" in a wider sense and debates about objectivity have raged. The reasons for this development are here critically scrutinized. |