Statutory Interpretation: Pragmatics and Argumentation

by Douglas Walton

Statutory interpretation involves the reconstruction of the meaning of a legal statement when it cannot be considered as accepted or granted. This phenomenon needs to be considered not only from the legal and linguistic perspective, but also from the argumentative one - which focuses on the strategies for defending a controversial or doubtful viewpoint. This book draws upon linguistics, legal theory, computing, and dialectics to present an argumentation-based...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108454070
• ISBN13: 9781108454070
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"