Statutory Interpretation: Pragmatics and Argumentation / by Douglas Walton, Fabrizio Macagno and Giovanni Sartor

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Walton, Douglas

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Publication details: United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2022.Description: xiv, 331p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9781108454070

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DDC classification:

340.1 WAL

Contents:

1. Interpretation and statutory interpretation; 2. Statutory interpretation as problem solving; 3. Interpretation and pragmatics: legal ambiguity; 4. Pragmatic maxims and presumptions in legal interpretation; 5. Arguments of statutory interpretation and argumentation schemes; 6. Classification and formalization of interpretative schemes.

Summary: Drawing on linguistics, legal theory, computing, and dialectics, this book analyzes statutory interpretation in terms of arguments used in everyday reasoning. The authors illustrate complex, crucial legal cases with diagrams and summarize them in schemes, making the methodology accessible to scholars, professionals, and students across disciplines. Source : WorldCat

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Drawing on linguistics, legal theory, computing, and dialectics, this book analyzes statutory interpretation in terms of arguments used in everyday reasoning. The authors illustrate complex, crucial legal cases with diagrams and summarize them in schemes, making the methodology accessible to scholars, professionals, and students across disciplines. Source : WorldCat

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