Sophie Cacciaguidi-Fahy

Obscurity and Clarity in the Law (eBook, PDF)

Prospects and Challenges
Redaktion: Wagner, Anne

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the intricate and multi-dimensional conception of clarity and obscurity in law, this volume presents and examines the most recent research and theories. It provides practical guidance on how to avoid obscurity in legal drafting, as well as legal interpretation at both the national and international levels.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351914215
• Artikelnr.: 49355311

Autorenporträt

Anne Wagner, is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics., Université du Littoral Cÿte d'Opale, France and Sophie Cacciaguidi-Fahy is a lecturer in law at the National University of Ireland, Galway

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Foreword; Introduction: the chiaroscuro of legal language, Sophie
Cacciaguidi-Fahy and Anne Wagner; Part 1 Crossroads Between Law and
Language: The ambiguous principle of the clarity of the law, Alexandre
Flÿckiger; Objectivity and subjectivity in interpretation, James Kessler;
Rules and statements, Louis E. Wolcher; Unravelling the legislator's
tapestry: judicial needlework on encroachment cases, Anne-Françoise
Debruche; Customising the model law on international commercial
arbitration, Maurizio Gotti; Is the Chinese legal language more ambiguous
and vaguer? Deborah Cao. Part 2 An International Perspective: Conceptual
and textual structure in legislative texts, Andreas Lötscher; Finland
makes its statutes intelligible: good intentions and practicalities, Aino
Piehl; The Swedish approach to clear legislation and clear official texts,
Barbro Ehrenberg-Sundin; What, how, when and why - making laws easier to
understand by using examples and notes, Ben Piper; The illusion of clarity
- a critique of 'pure' clarity using examples drawn from judicial
interpretations of the Constitution of the United States, M. Douglass
Bellis; Between obscurity and clarity in Nigerian legal discourse: aspects
of language use in selected written texts, Tunde Opeibi; Bibliography;
Index.

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Contents: Foreword; Introduction: the chiaroscuro of legal language, Sophie Cacciaguidi-Fahy and Anne Wagner; Part 1 Crossroads Between Law and Language: The ambiguous principle of the clarity of the law, Alexandre Flückiger; Objectivity and subjectivity in interpretation, James Kessler; Rules and statements, Louis E. Wolcher; Unravelling the legislator's tapestry: judicial needlework on encroachment cases, Anne-Franà oise Debruche; Customising the model law on international commercial arbitration, Maurizio Gotti; Is the Chinese legal language more ambiguous and vaguer? Deborah Cao. Part 2 An International Perspective: Conceptual and textual structure in legislative texts, Andreas Lötscher; Finland makes its statutes intelligible: good intentions and practicalities, Aino Piehl; The Swedish approach to clear legislation and clear official texts, Barbro Ehrenberg-Sundin; What, how, when and why - making laws easier to understand by using examples and notes, Ben Piper; The illusion of clarity - a critique of 'pure' clarity using examples drawn from judicial interpretations of the Constitution of the United States, M. Douglass Bellis; Between obscurity and clarity in Nigerian legal discourse: aspects of language use in selected written texts, Tunde Opeibi; Bibliography; Index.

Rezensionen

'What happens when plain language advocates meet experts in law, semiotics, and linguistics? Read this book to find out! Using examples from Chinese, English, Finnish, French, Swedish, and other languages, and representing both civil and common-law jurisdictions, the authors of the essays in this book explain why clarity is in theory so important to the rule of law, but also why in practice it can be so elusive.' Peter Tiersma, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles , USA and author of Legal Language 'This carefully edited book fuses linguistic and legal concepts and combines theoretical and practical perspectives. The contributors explore developments in Europe, North America and Australia and introduce less studied legal cultures such as Africa and China; as well as global settings such as international arbitration. Obscurity and Clarity in the Law is recommended to all readers interested in the problems of legal language, irrespective of their professional background. Heikki E. S. Mattila, University of Lapland, Finland and author of Comparative Legal Linguistics '...I would certainly recommend this volume to legal linguists because, as a whole, it is well-balanced and carefully thought out, with an interesting selection of papers.' International Journal for the Semiotics of Law