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Full-Text Articles in Jurisprudence
The Mask Of Virtue: Theories Of Aretaic Legislation In A Public Choice Perspective, Donald J. Kochan
The Mask Of Virtue: Theories Of Aretaic Legislation In A Public Choice Perspective, Donald J. Kochan
Donald J. Kochan
Book Review - 'The Elements Of Legislation' By Neil Duxbury, Brian Christopher Jones
Book Review - 'The Elements Of Legislation' By Neil Duxbury, Brian Christopher Jones
Brian Christopher Jones
No abstract provided.
Book Review - 'The Language Of Statutes' By Lawrence M. Solan, Brian Christopher Jones
Book Review - 'The Language Of Statutes' By Lawrence M. Solan, Brian Christopher Jones
Brian Christopher Jones
No abstract provided.
Linguistics In Law, Alani Golanski
Linguistics In Law, Alani Golanski
Alani Golanski
The "new textualism" is amenable to the use of linguists in legal cases. New textualists seek to interpret statutes "objectively," according to the "plain meaning" of the statutory terms; these jurists and scholars see plain-meaning analysis as linguistics, and linguistics as science. Law and linguistics pursue different ends, however, and linguists construing statutes will miss legally decisive issues. Modern linguistics theory is an area of central concern to cognitive psychologists as well as philosophers of mind and language. While not hegemonic, Chomsky's psychological program influences modern linguistics, and the linguist's approach often leads in a different direction from that taken …