Interpretation, Law and the Construction of Meaning: Collected Papers on Legal Interpretation in Theory, Adjudication and Political Practice (Paperback)

Biographical Notes. Introduction. PART I: LEGAL THEORY. 1. Law as Fact, Law as Fiction: A Tripartite Model of Legal Communication; H. van Schooten. 2. Lexical indeterminacy: contextualism and rule-following in common law adjudication; R. Charnock. 3. Topical Jurisprudence: Reconciliation of Law and Rhetoric; A. Soboleva. 4. Legal Speech Acts as Intersubjective Communicative Action; D. Cao. PART II: JUDICIAL REASONING. 5. Who needs fact when you've got narrative? The case of P,C&S vs United Kingdom; C. Baldwin. 6. Taking Facts Seriously; M. Henket. 7. Transforming Ambiguity into Vagueness in legal Interpretation; M. Azar. PART III: APPLICATION OF LAW IN POLITICAL PRACTICE. 8. The Inclusive/Exclusive Nation: Blacks and Indigenous Peoples in the Construction of the Nation in Colombia; F.S. Benavides Vanegas. 9. Global Values And Floating Borders In The Brazilian Amazon; P. Virtanen. 10. Landmarks for Aboriginal Law in Australia; A.T.M. Schreiner. REFERENCES.