Deborah Cao

Chinese Law

A Language Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

Studying Chinese law from a linguistic and communicative perspective, this book examines meaning and language in Chinese law. Taking a cross-cultural approach, the book applies major Western philosophical thought to Chinese law, in particular the ideas concerning language and communication by such major thinkers as Peirce, Whorf, Gadamer, Habermas, Austin and Searle.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 4mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9780754624356
• ISBN-10: 0754624358
• Artikelnr.: 57047869

Autorenporträt

Deborah Cao is Senior Lecturer at the School of Languages and Linguistics, and also at the Socio-Legal Research Centre, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
What the Chinese said about law
Fazhi as rule of/by law
'Ought to' as a legal performative
Rights talk in Chinese
Chinese law and imprecise language
Doing things with words in the constitution
Chinese lawmaking as a communicative act
Translating law over space and time
Last words
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.