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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Preface: The Scope of the Book
- Introduction: Parables of Language and Law
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1 Legal Theory and Language -
2 Systems Theory, Normativity and the ‘Realist Dilemma’ -
3 Philosophy, Law and Language -
4 Issues in Legal Interpretation -
5 Literal Meaning, the Dictionary and the Law -
6 Representation, Reproduction and Intention -
7 Idols of the Market -
A Insider Judges and Outsider Critics -
B Hard Cases and Ideal Interpreters -
C The Judge as Tennis Umpire -
D The Golden Mean? -
E Reflexivity and Garfinkel's Dystopia of Reasons -
F The Single Meaning Rule and Defamation Law - The Semiotics of Law, Language and Money
- Appendices: Discussion Materials and Exercises
- Further Reading
- References
- Legal Cases Cited
- Index
The Golden Mean?
The Golden Mean?
- Chapter:
- (p.158) D The Golden Mean?
- Source:
- Language, Meaning and the Law
- Author(s):
Christopher Hutton
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748633500.003.0012
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Preface: The Scope of the Book
- Introduction: Parables of Language and Law
-
1 Legal Theory and Language -
2 Systems Theory, Normativity and the ‘Realist Dilemma’ -
3 Philosophy, Law and Language -
4 Issues in Legal Interpretation -
5 Literal Meaning, the Dictionary and the Law -
6 Representation, Reproduction and Intention -
7 Idols of the Market -
A Insider Judges and Outsider Critics -
B Hard Cases and Ideal Interpreters -
C The Judge as Tennis Umpire -
D The Golden Mean? -
E Reflexivity and Garfinkel's Dystopia of Reasons -
F The Single Meaning Rule and Defamation Law - The Semiotics of Law, Language and Money
- Appendices: Discussion Materials and Exercises
- Further Reading
- References
- Legal Cases Cited
- Index
