Law's Language - Hardcover
by Daniel Wodak
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Availability:In StockContributor:Daniel WodakSeries:Elements in Philosophy of LawPublish date:12/11/2025Pages:75
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009711364ISBN-10:1009711369UPC:9781009711364Book Category:PhilosophySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.25 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCCD0PZP70
The language of law includes normative or prescriptive terms such as 'obligation' and 'permission'. How do we explain the meaning of prescriptive legal language? This has long been regarded as a problem for positivists, since at first glance their view suggests we can derive an ought - a legal obligation or right or permission - from descriptive social facts alone. This Element outlines what we should want from a semantics of prescriptive legal language, critically evaluates four leading semantic accounts, and argues that legal prescriptivity is not, in the end, a problem for positivists.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009711364ISBN-10:1009711369UPC:9781009711364Book Category:PhilosophySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.25 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCCD0PZP70
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