Vagueness and Indeterminateness in Law: Are Judges Humpties Dumpties?

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14220%2F22%3A00126685" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14220/22:00126685 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://is.muni.cz/publication/2218035/cs/Vagueness-and-Indeterminateness-in-Law-Are-Judges-Humpties-Dumpties/Tvrdikova?vysledek=31815" target="_blank" >https://is.muni.cz/publication/2218035/cs/Vagueness-and-Indeterminateness-in-Law-Are-Judges-Humpties-Dumpties/Tvrdikova?vysledek=31815</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11196-022-09935-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11196-022-09935-0</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Vagueness and Indeterminateness in Law: Are Judges Humpties Dumpties?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In this text we will point out that the traditional static conception of meaning is not the best possible approach and introduce competing conceptions of meaning. In this conception, then, meanings or concepts are not static entities but dynamic ones. Their dynamism is determined by the practice of language users. Following this, we will introduce the sources of vagueness and indeterminacy, which, according to the author, are much more fundamental to the law than the sorites paradoxes, to which too much space is devoted. These are multi-dimensional polysemy, open texture and family resemblances. We will not only define these theoretically, but also demonstrate them with practical examples from legal texts or legal practice. In the last section, we will focus on Ludlow's concept of lexical wars, which we will link to Brandom's notion of meaning. We will show that within our use of language we play 'language games' which require rules in order to be played. These rules may not always be explicitly stated, but can be inferred from the practices and critical stances of other players. We then bring these theoretical insights from philosophy and linguistics into the legal context in the last section, where they are used to analyse and explain what actually happens in the interpretation of law.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Vagueness and Indeterminateness in Law: Are Judges Humpties Dumpties?

Popis výsledku anglicky

In this text we will point out that the traditional static conception of meaning is not the best possible approach and introduce competing conceptions of meaning. In this conception, then, meanings or concepts are not static entities but dynamic ones. Their dynamism is determined by the practice of language users. Following this, we will introduce the sources of vagueness and indeterminacy, which, according to the author, are much more fundamental to the law than the sorites paradoxes, to which too much space is devoted. These are multi-dimensional polysemy, open texture and family resemblances. We will not only define these theoretically, but also demonstrate them with practical examples from legal texts or legal practice. In the last section, we will focus on Ludlow's concept of lexical wars, which we will link to Brandom's notion of meaning. We will show that within our use of language we play 'language games' which require rules in order to be played. These rules may not always be explicitly stated, but can be inferred from the practices and critical stances of other players. We then bring these theoretical insights from philosophy and linguistics into the legal context in the last section, where they are used to analyse and explain what actually happens in the interpretation of law.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50501 - Law

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law-Revue Internationale de Semiotique Juridique

ISSN

0952-8059

e-ISSN

1572-8722

Svazek periodika

2022

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

September

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

22

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

000854710700001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85138218869