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Sep 30, 2015 · Abstract. This paper explores what the epistemic account of vagueness (“epistemicism”) means for theories of legal interpretation. The thesis of epistemicism is that vague statements are true or false even though it is impossible to know which. I argue that if epistemicism is accepted within the domain of the law, then the following three ...
- Luke William Hunt
- lwh8ra@virginia.edu
- 2016
philosophical accounts of vagueness mean for theories of legal interpretation - in the context of the epistemic account of vagueness ('epistemicism'): the thesis that vague statements are true or false even though it is impossible to know which. Specifically, I will argue that if epistemicism is accepted within the domain of the law, then the
Mar 1, 2016 · The first two conditions are internal to a particular theory of legal interpretation, while the third condition is external to a particular theory of legal interpretation. My conclusion shows that there are legal theories that are internally consistent with the fundamental features of epistemicism.
- Luke William Hunt
- 2015
Feb 1, 2016 · Abstract. This paper explores what the epistemic account of vagueness (“epistemicism”) means for theories of legal interpretation. The thesis of epistemicism is that vague statements are true ...
Dec 12, 2020 · The relations between epistemic authority and legal interpretation have been widely neglected in contemporary legal theory. In this paper I’ll lay out the grounds for the discussion about the sociological and philosophical conceptions of power and authority in order to access their relevance for the theory of legal interpretation.
- Bojan Spaić
- bojan.spaic@ius.bg.ac.rs
- 2021
Jul 7, 2021 · Legal interpretation starts from certain input, such as legal texts and practices, actions and mental states of certain legal actors, and customs. (It is controversial exactly what the input should include, though certain texts are central.) And legal interpretation yields an output – “an interpretation.”.
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Sep 26, 2019 · As we shall see, legal interpretation plays a key role in legal science because any proposition about law is composed of two statements: an interpretive statement about the norm expressed by a legal formulation and another about the membership of such a norm. 41. See Alchourrón and Bulygin (2012), p. 105 ff. 42.
