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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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	Library Compactors	340.2 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		27311

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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