Law''s Language : Meaning and Normativity
by
Daniel Wodak
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Elements in Philosophy of Law
ISBN-10
1009711369
ISBN-13
9781009711364
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 11th, 2025
Print length
75 Pages
Weight
5 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 0.60 cms
Product Classification:
Jurisprudence & philosophy of lawMethods, theory and philosophy of law
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The language of law includes normative or prescriptive terms such as 'obligation' and 'permission'. This Element outlines what we should want from a semantics of prescriptive legal language, critically evaluates four leading semantic accounts, and argues that legal prescriptivity is not a problem for positivists.
The language of law includes normative or prescriptive terms such as 'obligation' and 'permission'. How do we explain the meaning of prescriptive legal language? This has long been regarded as a problem for positivists, since at first glance their view suggests we can derive an ought – a legal obligation or right or permission – from descriptive social facts alone. This Element outlines what we should want from a semantics of prescriptive legal language, critically evaluates four leading semantic accounts, and argues that legal prescriptivity is not, in the end, a problem for positivists.
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