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Law's Language

By Daniel Wodak

Law's Language

By Daniel Wodak

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
76
Release Date:
2025-12-11
Publication Date:
2025-11-17
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1009114077
ISBN13:
9781009114073
Weight:
125 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
4 cm
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