Legal interpretation : perspectives from other disciplines and private texts / Kent Greenawalt.

By:

Greenawalt, Kent, 1936-

Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: ix, 357 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780199756131 (hb : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

340/.2 22

LOC classification:

K296 .G75 2010

Contents:

Content: Chapter 1. Introduction; Part I. Perspectives from Other Disciplines; Chapter 2. Speaker Intent and Convention; Linguistic Meaning and Pragmatics; Vagueness and Indeterminacy; Chapter 3. Literary Interpretation, Performance Art, and Related Subjects; Chapter 4. Religious Interpretation; Chapter 5. General Theories of Interpretation; Chapter 6. Starting from the Bottom: Informal Instructions; Part II. Interpreting Legally Authoritative Texts of Private Individuals; Chapter 7. The Law of Agency; Chapter 8. Wills; Chapter 9. Contracts; Chapter 10. Judicial Alterations of Textual Provisions: Cy Pres and Relatives; Chapter 11. Conclusion and a Comparison.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Content:
Chapter 1. Introduction;
Part I. Perspectives from Other Disciplines;
Chapter 2. Speaker Intent and Convention; Linguistic Meaning and Pragmatics; Vagueness and Indeterminacy;
Chapter 3. Literary Interpretation, Performance Art, and Related Subjects;
Chapter 4. Religious Interpretation;
Chapter 5. General Theories of Interpretation;
Chapter 6. Starting from the Bottom: Informal Instructions;
Part II. Interpreting Legally Authoritative Texts of Private Individuals;
Chapter 7. The Law of Agency;
Chapter 8. Wills;
Chapter 9. Contracts;
Chapter 10. Judicial Alterations of Textual Provisions: Cy Pres and Relatives;
Chapter 11. Conclusion and a Comparison.

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