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This Major Reference series brings together a wide range of key international articles in law and legal theory. Many of these essays are not readily accessible, and their presentation in these volumes will provide a vital new resource for both research and teaching. Each volume is edited by leading international authorities who explain the significance and context of articles in an informative and complete introduction.
AcknowledgementsSeries PrefaceIntroductionPt. ILanguage and the Autonomy of Law1Excursions into the Nature of Legal Language32On the Regrettable Decline of Law French: Or Shapiro Jettet le Brickbat693Theory and Definition in Jurisprudence77Pt. IILegal Language and Legal Interpretation4Language and the Law975The Theory of Legal Interpretation1856Statutory Interpretation1897Constitutional Interpretation and Original Meaning2138An Essay on Constitutional Language2419Reconsidering the Rule of Law27310Rules and the Rule-Following Argument31311Realist Semantics and Legal Theory31912Semantics and Legal Interpretation (Further Thoughts)32513What was Realism?: A Reply to David Brink337Pt. IIIContemporary Debates About Indeterminacy14Law as Literature34315"Keep off the Grass", "Drop Dead", and Other Indeterminacies: A Response to Sanford Levison37516Deconstructive Practice and Legal Theory38517Formalism429Pt. IVA Panoply of Perspectives18The Semiology of Statutes47119Semiotics in the Trial of Jurisprudence48520The Semiotics of International Law: Interpretation of the ABM Treaty495Name Index515
