Judicial interpretation as a competence

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11220%2F21%3A10439757" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11220/21:10439757 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

—

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

—

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Judicial interpretation as a competence

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The objective of this paper is to explain why interpretation of the law cannot be understood as mere intellectual cognition of the meaning of the text being interpreted. Indeed, interpretation of a legal text yields a duty enforceable by the law. This paper therefore first deals with the question of what interpretation of the law has in common with interpretation in general and in what ways it differs. A specific aspect of interpreting the law lies especially in the purpose of interpretation, i.e. setting a specific duty for an individual entity. Interpretation of the law can thus be conceived as a process aimed to ensure that what is laid down in general terms is in conformity with what is eventually applied specifically in an individual case. Interpretation, as transformation of a general and (usually also) abstractly formulated duty into an individualised specific duty, thus includes two distinct competences: (i) the competence to specify (concretise) a legal norm; and (ii) the competence to individualise a legal norm. However, interpretation is usually only equated to &quot;concretisation&quot; of decisions, which relates to the abstract nature of the general norm under which the given situation is subsumed. This chapter shows, nonetheless, that the law is already being interpreted in the process of choosing the correct norm from among possible alternatives. Teleological considerations are thus already made at the stage of individualisation with a view to determining which norm will be the most appropriate for assessing the given legal case.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Judicial interpretation as a competence

Popis výsledku anglicky

The objective of this paper is to explain why interpretation of the law cannot be understood as mere intellectual cognition of the meaning of the text being interpreted. Indeed, interpretation of a legal text yields a duty enforceable by the law. This paper therefore first deals with the question of what interpretation of the law has in common with interpretation in general and in what ways it differs. A specific aspect of interpreting the law lies especially in the purpose of interpretation, i.e. setting a specific duty for an individual entity. Interpretation of the law can thus be conceived as a process aimed to ensure that what is laid down in general terms is in conformity with what is eventually applied specifically in an individual case. Interpretation, as transformation of a general and (usually also) abstractly formulated duty into an individualised specific duty, thus includes two distinct competences: (i) the competence to specify (concretise) a legal norm; and (ii) the competence to individualise a legal norm. However, interpretation is usually only equated to &quot;concretisation&quot; of decisions, which relates to the abstract nature of the general norm under which the given situation is subsumed. This chapter shows, nonetheless, that the law is already being interpreted in the process of choosing the correct norm from among possible alternatives. Teleological considerations are thus already made at the stage of individualisation with a view to determining which norm will be the most appropriate for assessing the given legal case.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50501 - Law

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA19-10723S" target="_blank" >GA19-10723S: Co současné právo sjednocuje a co jej fragmentarizuje z pohledu právní teorie a soudní praxe?</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Judicial Law-Making and Judicial Interpretation in Central European Countries: How Can Courts Stengten or Weaken the Unity of Law?

ISBN

978-80-7676-183-4

ISSN

—

e-ISSN

—

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

79-94

Název nakladatele

Wolters Kluwer

Místo vydání

Prague, Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest

Místo konání akce

Luzern

Datum konání akce

7. 7. 2019

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

—