In:New Insights into the Semantics of Legal Concepts and the Legal Dictionary:
Martina Bajčić
[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice 17] 2017
► pp. 61–78
Chapter 3(How) Do courts do things with words?
Published online: 12 April 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/tlrp.17.c3
https://doi.org/10.1075/tlrp.17.c3
Article outline
- 3.1Introduction
- 3.2The linguistic importance of case-law reasoning
- 3.3Interpretation as a perennial source of legal difficulty
- 3.4General methods of legal interpretation
- 3.4.1Statutory interpretation methods implemented by U.S. Courts
- 3.4.1.1Constitutional interpretation
- 3.4.2The role of the context in legal interpretation or ‘anything goes’
- 3.4.2.1The CJEU’s utilization of the context
- 3.4.1Statutory interpretation methods implemented by U.S. Courts
- 3.5Summary
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