Journal article
Sentences, statements, statutes
- Abstract:
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The question of how one should interpret a statute turns at least in part on the question of what a statute is. This article considers how the enactment of a statute changes the law and how philosophy of language and the social ontology of legislating inform our understanding of statutes and their interpretation. The article contrasts the ideas of statute as sentence, statute as statement, and statute as choice. I argue that statutes are not mere sentences on which a function is performed....
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Marcial Pons Librero Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Analisi & Diritto Journal website
- Volume:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 321-337
- Publication date:
- 2016-10-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-09-24
- ISSN:
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1126-5779
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:652832
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uuid:b8345869-65c1-4d95-8f62-d2dfc7a8794f
- Local pid:
- pubs:652832
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652832
- Deposit date:
- 2016-10-18
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- Copyright date:
- 2016
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