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ISBN-13: 9780198782889

Book Title: Vagueness and Law

ISBN: 9780198782889

Publication Year: 2016

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Language: English

Publication Name: Vagueness and Law: Philosophical and Legal Perspectives

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Author: Geert Keil, Ralf Poscher

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Subject: Law

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Vague expressions are omnipresent in natural language. As such, their use in legal texts is virtually inevitable. If a law contains vague terms, the question whether it applies to a particular case often lacks a clear answer. One of the fundamental pillars of the rule of law is legal certainty. The determinacy of the law enables people to use it as a guide and places judges in the position to decide impartially. Vagueness poses a threat to these ideals. In borderline cases, the law seems to be indeterminate and thus incapable of serving its core rule of law value.In the philosophy of language, vagueness has become one of the hottest topics of the last two decades. Linguists and philosophers have investigated what distinguishes soritical vagueness from other kinds of linguistic indeterminacy, such as ambiguity, generality, open texture, and family resemblance concepts. There is a vast literature that discusses the logical, semantic, pragmatic, and epistemic aspects of these phenomena. Legal theory has hitherto paid little attention to the differences between the various kinds of linguistic indeterminacy that are grouped under the heading of vagueness , let alone to the various theories that try to account for these phenomena.Bringing together leading scholars working on the topic of vagueness in philosophy and in law, this book fosters a dialogue between philosophers and legal scholars by examining how philosophers conceive vagueness in law from their theoretical perspective and how legal theorists make use of philosophical theories of vagueness. The chapters of the book are organized into three parts. The first part addresses the import of different theories of vagueness for the law, referring to a wide range of theories from supervaluationist to contextualist and semantic realist accounts in order to address the question of whether the law can learn from engaging with philosophical discussions of vagueness. The second part of the book examines different vagueness phenomena. The contributions in part 2 suggest that the greater awareness to different vagueness phenomena can make lawyers aware of specific issues and solutions so far overlooked. The third part deals with the pragmatic aspects of vagueness in law, providing answers to the question of how to deal with vagueness in law and with the professional, political, moral, and ethical issues such vagueness gives rise to.

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Vagueness and Law: Philosophical and Legal Perspectives

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THE PRODUCT OF A FOUR-YEAR PROJECT :
THE PRODUCT OF A FOUR-YEAR PROJECT : THE RESULTS ARE NOT IN ANY WAY VAGUE FOR THE JURISPRUDENT An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers “I can’t remember” is one of the lines we always dread during live testimony because it is that very vagueness which can destroy a case. It’s also very useful when the client is, of course, a “liar” although it is not advised to use such words as its emotive content is enough to anger courts, thus vagueness can be a great excuse… or can it- this book opens up this can of worms and is a great read. The title emerged from a 4 year research project. Its aim was “to identify and systematize phemomena of vagueness and indeterminacy in different fields of application”. In addition, the project set out to examine ... THE PRODUCT OF A FOUR-YEAR PROJECT : THE RESULTS ARE NOT IN ANY WAY VAGUE FOR THE JURISPRUDENT An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers “I can’t remember” is one of the lines we always dread during live testimony because it is that very vagueness which can destroy a case. It’s also very useful when the client is, of course, a “liar” although it is not advised to use such words as its emotive content is enough to anger courts, thus vagueness can be a great excuse… or can it- this book opens up this can of worms and is a great read. The title emerged from a 4 year research project. Its aim was “to identify and systematize phemomena of vagueness and indeterminacy in different fields of application”. In addition, the project set out to examine such related fields as semantics, ontology and epistemology, whilst developing procedures to deal with blurred boundaries proportionally. The original project title was “Dealing Reasonably with Blurred Boundaries: Vagueness and Indeterminacy as a Challenge for Philosophy and Law”: a bit of a mouthful! The synopsis has stated that “vague expressions are omnipresent in natural language”, and their use in legal texts is “virtually inevitable”. The main contention then is that “if a law contains vague terms, the question whether it applies to a particular case often lacks a clear answer”. So, “one of the fundamental pillars of the rule of law is legal certainty”. Keil and Posher conclude that the determinacy of the law enables people to use it as a guide and places judges in the position to decide impartially. “Vagueness poses a threat to these ideals” they say and “in borderline cases, the law seems to be indeterminate and thus incapable of serving its core rule of law value”. The editors continue, writing that “in the philosophy of language, vagueness has become one of the hottest topics of the last two decades. Linguists and philosophers have investigated what distinguishes "soritical " vagueness from other kinds of linguistic indeterminacy, such as ambiguity, generality, open texture, and family resemblance concepts”. That there is vast literature which discusses “the logical, semantic, pragmatic, and epistemic aspects of these phenomena” is not in doubt (unfortunately). Legal theory has, in the past paid scant attention to the differences between the various kinds of linguistic indeterminacy that are grouped under the heading of "vagueness " here, let alone to the various theories that try to account for these phenomena. Keil and Poscher, have usefully brought together leading scholars working on the topic of vagueness in philosophy and in law, this book fosters a dialogue between philosophers and legal scholars by examining how philosophers conceive vagueness in law from their theoretical perspective and how legal theorists make use of philosophical theories of vagueness. The chapters of the book are organized into 3 parts. Part 1 addresses the import of different theories of vagueness for the law, referring to a wide range of theories from supervaluationist to contextualist and semantic realist accounts in order to address the question of whether the law can learn from engaging with philosophical discussions of vagueness. Part 2 reviews different vagueness phenomena. The contributions posit that the greater awareness to different vagueness phenomena can make lawyers aware of specific issues and solutions so far overlooked. Then Part 3 deals with the pragmatic aspects of vagueness in law, providing answers to the question of how to deal with vagueness in law and with the professional, political, moral, and ethical issues such vagueness gives rise to. That vague expressions are unavoidable is undeniable, but the conclusions in the book, fortunately, are not. It is a great contribution to the continuing debate. The publication date is cited as at 2016.
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