Implicatures within Legal Language

• Main Author: Skoczeń, Izabela (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Law and Philosophy Library, 127
• Subjects: Law-Philosophy.; Law.; Political science.; Language and languages-Philosophy.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Philosophy of Law.; Philosophy of Language.

This book proposes a novel, descriptive theory that unveils the linguistic mechanisms lurking behind judicial decisions. It offers a comprehensive account of the ongoing debate, as well as a novel solution to the problem of understanding legal pragmatics. Linguistic pragmatics is based on a theory c...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Strategic Principle And The Maxim Of Selectivity
• Post Gricean Implicature Theories And Their Relevance For The Legal Realm
• Propositionalism And The Law
• The Meaning Of Law
• The Exchange Between Legislature And Courts - Examples Of Strategic Behavior From The Polish Legal System
• General Conclusions.