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Word meaning and legal interpretation: an introductory guide

Hutton, Christopher Unknown Palgrave Macmillan (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, 2014) (eng) English 9781137016140 Unknown Unknown SEMANTICS; Unknown This book introduces ideas about word meaning in the context of law. It analyzes cases from common law jurisdictions that concern the meaning, definition and legal status of individual words, labels and categories. The focus is on the question of how law assigns authority over word meaning in different circumstances and in different domains of law.
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xiii, 243 p. 24 cm. Unknown
Summary / review / table of contents

Note on Conventions.-
Introduction: Scope and Aims of the Book.-

PART I: MEANING AND INTERPRETATION
1. Linguistic Meaning.-
2. Word Meaning and Interpretation in the Law.-
3. Ordinary Language and Legal Language.-

PART II: CASE STUDIES
4. Classification and Legislative Intent.-
5. Characterizing an Event.-
6. The Classification of Mundane Objects I: Food Items in United Kingdom Tax Law.-
7. The Classification of Mundane Objects

II: Cases from the United States.-
8. Technological Change and Legal Categories.-
9. Lawful and Unlawful Searches.-
10. Colonial Encounters: What is a Sacred Object?.-
11. Defining Identity I: Job or Profession.-
12. Defining Identity II: Nation, People and Race.-
13. Defining Identity III: Transgender Identities.-
14. Defining Identity IV: Corporate Personhood.-

PART III: CONCLUDING DISCUSSION
15. Word Meaning and Interpretative
Authority.-
Abbreviations.-
References.-
Cases Cited.

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