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Vagueness and Law: Philosophical and Legal Perspectives by Geert Keil (English)
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- Book Title
- Vagueness and Law
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- 9780198782889
- Publication Year
- 2017
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- Textbook
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- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Vagueness in the Law : Philosophical and Legal Perspectives
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- Item Length
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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 in the Law : Philosophical and Legal Perspectives
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
350 Pages
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9.4in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.9in
Item Weight
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"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... It is a great contribution to the continuing debate." - Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chambers "...each chapter is eminently readable and worthy of thoughtful consideration. I found it to be fascinating and it opened up new pathways in how I consider legislation. The chapters are filled with interesting theoretical and practical examples on the use, abuse and interpretation of legislation. For anyone with an interest in legislation, it should make us stop and consider, in a more profound way, how vagueness is affecting our endeavours." - Ronan Cormacain, The Theory and Practice of Legislation, 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... It is a great contribution to the continuing debate. - Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chambers|9780198782889|, "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... It is a great contribution to the continuing debate." - Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chambers"...each chapter is eminently readable and worthy of thoughtful consideration. I found it to be fascinating and it opened up new pathways in how I consider legislation. The chapters are filled with interesting theoretical and practical examples on the use, abuse and interpretation of legislation. For anyone with an interest in legislation, it should make us stop and consider, in a more profound way, how vagueness is affecting our endeavours." - Ronan Cormacain, The Theory and Practice of Legislation, 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... It is a great contribution to the continuing debate.
Table of Content
IntroductionPart I: Theories of Vagueness and Their Impact on Jurisprudence1. Philosophical and Jurisprudential Issues of Vagueness2. Vagueness in Law: Placing the Blame Where It's Due3. An Intentionalist Account of Vagueness: A Legal Perspective4. Can Legal Practice Adjudicate Between Theories of Vagueness?5. Semantics, Metaphysics, and Objectivity in the LawPart II: Vagueness Phenomena in Law6. Pragmatic Vagueness in Statutory Law7. Second-Order Vagueness in the Law8. The Non-Conservativeness of Legal Definitions9. The Role of Vagueness and Context Sensitivity in Legal InterpretationPart III: Dealing with Vagueness in Law10. Why It Is So Difficult to Resolve Vagueness in Legal Interpretation11. Vagueness and Political Choice in Law12. Non-Epistemic Uncertainty and the Problem of Legal Line-Drawing13. Smoothing Vague Laws14. How Vagueness Makes Judges Lie15. Clarity, Thoughtfulness, and the Rule of Law
Copyright Date
2016
Topic
General
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2016-953196
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Genre
Law, Philosophy
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