Chapter 12: Interpretation

Authors

Francis J. Mootz III, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of lawFollow

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Description

Chapter 12: Interpretation, in Law and the Humanities: An Introduction (Austin Sarat, Matthew Anderson and Cathrine Franke eds., 2010).

This chapter from "Law and the Humanities: An Introduction," published by Cambridge University Press, surveys various theoretical approaches to interpretation, including natural law, analytical legal positivism, law as communication (originalism, intentionalism, and new textualism), and the hermeneutical turn. It then discuss the role of interpretation in contract law, statutory law and constitutional law, to situate the theories in practice.

ISBN

9780521899055

Publication Date

2010

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

City

Cambridge ; New York

Disciplines

Jurisprudence | Law

Comments

Francis J. Mootz III, Chapter 12: Interpretation, in Law and the Humanities: An Introduction (Austin Sarat, Matthew Anderson and Cathrine Franke eds., 2010).

Recommended Citation

Francis J. Mootz III, Chapter 12: Interpretation, in (2010).
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