Publication details
Interpretation of Law as Language Game: The Game of Giving and Asking for Reasons in the Courtroom
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | International Journal for the Semiotics of Law-Revue Internationale de Semiotique Juridique |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383089828_Interpretation_of_Law_as_Language_Game_The_Game_of_Giving_and_Asking_for_Reasons_in_the_Courtroom |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11196-024-10177-5 |
| Keywords | interpretation; language game; inferentialism; meaning; law |
| Description | In this text we will focus on the interpretation of law, specifically on the question ofhow the meaning of legal texts is created and recreated through judicial interpreta-tion of law. To be able to explain how this happens, we will use the philosophy oflanguage, in particular the philosophy of the late Ludwig Wittgenstein, Wilfrid Sell-ars and Robert B. Brandom. In their view, language is not a tool that serves primar-ily and exclusively to describe a world that exists independently of us and our atti-tudes, but through language we co-create the world we live in. Many of the thingswe perceive in the world around us are accessible to us and exist because of our language. |
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