Purposive Interpretation in Law / / Aharon Barak.
This book presents a comprehensive theory of legal interpretation, by a leading judge and legal theorist. Currently, legal philosophers and jurists apply different theories of interpretation to constitutions, statutes, rules, wills, and contracts. Aharon Barak argues that an alternative approach--pu...
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Barak, Aharon, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Purposive Interpretation in Law / Aharon Barak. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2011] ©2005 1 online resource (448 p.) : 2 line illus. 1 table. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One. Interpretation -- Chapter One. What Is Legal Interpretation? -- Chapter Two. Non-Interpretive Doctrines -- Part Two. Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Three. The Essence of Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Four. The Semantic Component of Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Five. The Purposive Component of Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Six. Subjective Purpose: Authorial Intent -- Chapter Seven. Objective Purpose: Intent of the Reasonable Author; Intent of the System -- Chapter Eight. The Purposive Component: Ultimate Purpose -- Chapter Nine. Discretion as a Component in Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Ten. The Theoretical Basis for Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Eleven. Purposive Interpretation and Its Critique of Other Systems of Interpretation -- Part Three. Interpretation in Law -- Chapter Twelve. The Interpretation of Wills -- Chapter Thirteen. The Interpretation of Contracts -- Chapter Fourteen. Statutory Interpretation -- Chapter Fifteen. Constitutional Interpretation -- Appendix 1. The Structure of Legal Interpretation -- Appendix 2. Purposive Interpretation -- Appendix 3. Weighting Subjective and Objective Purposes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star This book presents a comprehensive theory of legal interpretation, by a leading judge and legal theorist. Currently, legal philosophers and jurists apply different theories of interpretation to constitutions, statutes, rules, wills, and contracts. Aharon Barak argues that an alternative approach--purposive interpretation--allows jurists and scholars to approach all legal texts in a similar manner while remaining sensitive to the important differences. Moreover, regardless of whether purposive interpretation amounts to a unifying theory, it would still be superior to other methods of interpretation in tackling each kind of text separately. Barak explains purposive interpretation as follows: All legal interpretation must start by establishing a range of semantic meanings for a given text, from which the legal meaning is then drawn. In purposive interpretation, the text's "purpose" is the criterion for establishing which of the semantic meanings yields the legal meaning. Establishing the ultimate purpose--and thus the legal meaning--depends on the relationship between the subjective and objective purposes; that is, between the original intent of the text's author and the intent of a reasonable author and of the legal system at the time of interpretation. This is easy to establish when the subjective and objective purposes coincide. But when they don't, the relative weight given to each purpose depends on the nature of the text. For example, subjective purpose is given substantial weight in interpreting a will; objective purpose, in interpreting a constitution. Barak develops this theory with masterful scholarship and close attention to its practical application. Throughout, he contrasts his approach with that of textualists and neotextualists such as Antonin Scalia, pragmatists such as Richard Posner, and legal philosophers such as Ronald Dworkin. This book represents a profoundly important contribution to legal scholarship and a major alternative to interpretive approaches advanced by other leading figures in the judicial world. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Law Interpretation and construction. Law Philosophy. Semantics (Law). LAW / Jurisprudence. bisacsh Bashi, Sari. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691133744 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400841264 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400841264 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400841264.jpg |
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Barak, Aharon, Barak, Aharon, Purposive Interpretation in Law / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One. Interpretation -- Chapter One. What Is Legal Interpretation? -- Chapter Two. Non-Interpretive Doctrines -- Part Two. Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Three. The Essence of Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Four. The Semantic Component of Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Five. The Purposive Component of Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Six. Subjective Purpose: Authorial Intent -- Chapter Seven. Objective Purpose: Intent of the Reasonable Author; Intent of the System -- Chapter Eight. The Purposive Component: Ultimate Purpose -- Chapter Nine. Discretion as a Component in Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Ten. The Theoretical Basis for Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Eleven. Purposive Interpretation and Its Critique of Other Systems of Interpretation -- Part Three. Interpretation in Law -- Chapter Twelve. The Interpretation of Wills -- Chapter Thirteen. The Interpretation of Contracts -- Chapter Fourteen. Statutory Interpretation -- Chapter Fifteen. Constitutional Interpretation -- Appendix 1. The Structure of Legal Interpretation -- Appendix 2. Purposive Interpretation -- Appendix 3. Weighting Subjective and Objective Purposes -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One. Interpretation -- Chapter One. What Is Legal Interpretation? -- Chapter Two. Non-Interpretive Doctrines -- Part Two. Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Three. The Essence of Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Four. The Semantic Component of Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Five. The Purposive Component of Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Six. Subjective Purpose: Authorial Intent -- Chapter Seven. Objective Purpose: Intent of the Reasonable Author; Intent of the System -- Chapter Eight. The Purposive Component: Ultimate Purpose -- Chapter Nine. Discretion as a Component in Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Ten. The Theoretical Basis for Purposive Interpretation -- Chapter Eleven. Purposive Interpretation and Its Critique of Other Systems of Interpretation -- Part Three. Interpretation in Law -- Chapter Twelve. The Interpretation of Wills -- Chapter Thirteen. The Interpretation of Contracts -- Chapter Fourteen. Statutory Interpretation -- Chapter Fifteen. Constitutional Interpretation -- Appendix 1. The Structure of Legal Interpretation -- Appendix 2. Purposive Interpretation -- Appendix 3. Weighting Subjective and Objective Purposes -- Index |
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