Lawrence M. Solan
Auteur de The Language of Judges (Chicago Series in Law and Society)
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Lawrence M. Solan
The Oxford Handbook of Language and Law (Oxford Handbooks) (1656) — Directeur de publication — 19 exemplaires
Speaking of Crime: The Language of Criminal Justice (Chicago Series in Law and Society) (2005) 15 exemplaires
The Language of Statutes: Laws and Their Interpretation (Chicago Series in Law and Society) (2010) 6 exemplaires
Speaking of language and law : conversations on the work of Peter Tiersma (2015) — Directeur de publication — 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1952
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- United States of America
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Études
- Brandeis University
Harvard Law School
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 7
- Membres
- 68
- Popularité
- #253,411
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 19
When describing the linguistic explanations themselves, Solan's perspective is predominantly analytic, whereby syntax is reduced to symbolic relationships and conclusions obtained through contemplating those formulae. While a valid tradition, this approach demphasizes the natural use of language, which may seem the more obvious way to view the language. I disagreed with several of his preferred readings on what were the more natural readings of contested phrases.
None of this detracts from his major arguments. Indeed, it tends to support them: language can only rule out readings, but provides little guidance when choosing between equally valid interpretations. Judges' confident assertions to the contrary.… (plus d'informations)