1st Edition
Justice and the Ethics of Legal Interpretation
By Susanna Lindroos-Hovinheimo
Copyright 2012
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Justice and the Ethics of Legal Interpretation addresses how it is that legal texts -laws, statutes and regulations – can, and do have meaning. Conventionally, legal decisions are justified with reference to language. But since language is always open to interpretation, and so cannot fully justify any legal decision, there is a responsibility that is inherent in legal interpretation itself. In... Read more
Introduction: Postsemantic Interpretation; One: Outlining The Problems of Legal Interpretation; Two: The Shared Nature of Language; Three: Derrida on Language and Meaning; Four: Reading The Law – Hermeneutics and Deconstruction; Five: The Ethics of Language; Six: Justice; Conclusions
Biography
SusannaLindroos-Hovinheimo is a researcher as the University of Helsinki. Her research includes philosophy of language, ethics, and political theory, especially theories of responsibility and justice. She has published several articles on legal interpretation.
