Journal article
Legal Interpretivism
- Abstract:
- Interpretivism about law offers a philosophical explanation of how institutional practice—the legally significant action and practices of political institutions—modifies legal rights and obligations. Its core claim is that the way in which institutional practice affects the law is determined by certain principles that explain why the practice should have that role. Interpretation of the practice purports to identify the principles in question and thereby the normative impact of the practice on citizens' rights and responsibilities.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Stanford University
- Journal:
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy More from this journal
- Publication date:
- 2014-06-21
- ISSN:
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1095-5054
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:604438
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- Source identifiers:
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604438
- Deposit date:
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2016-02-15
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- Copyright holder:
- Nicos Stavropoulos
- Copyright date:
- 2014
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2014 by Nicos Stavropoulos. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Stanford University at: [http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2014/entries/law-interpretivist/]
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