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Law, Interpretation and Reality

Essays in Epistemology, Hermeneutics and Jurisprudence

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Editors:
  1. Patrick Nerhot

    1. European University Institute, Florence, Italy

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Part of the book series: Law and Philosophy Library (LAPS, volume 11)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Patrick Nerhot
      Pages 1-8

  3. The Law and Its Reality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Legal Aspect of “Reality”

      1. Fact and Law
        • William Wilson
        Pages 11-21
      2. The Fact and the Law
        • Michel Troper
        Pages 22-37
      3. The Concept of Fact in Legal Science
        • François Rigaux
        Pages 38-49
      4. The Law and Its Reality
        • Patrick Nerhot
        Pages 50-69

  4. Interpretation in Legal Science the Hypothesis of Narrative Coherence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Narrative Coherence and the Limits of the Hermeneutic Paradigm

      • Jacques Lenoble
      Pages 127-168

    3. From the Deductive to the Argumentative Rationality of Law

      • Karl-Heinz Ladeur
      Pages 169-192

    4. Interpretation in Legal Science

      • Patrick Nerhot
      Pages 193-225

    5. The Jury and Reality

      • Zenon Bankowski
      Pages 226-250

    6. Hermeneutics and Narrative Comprehension

      • Giuseppe Zaccaria
      Pages 251-274

    7. Coherence, Truth and Rightness in the Law

      • Aleksander Peczenik
      Pages 275-309

    8. Narrative Coherence and the Guises of Legalism

      • Bert C. van Roermund
      Pages 310-345

    9. A Linguistic Analysis of Narrative Coherence in the Court-Room

      • Monica G. W. Den Boer
      Pages 346-378

    10. The Normative Syllogism and the Problem of Reference

      • Bernard S. Jackson
      Pages 379-401
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About this book

PATRICKNERHOT Since the two operations overlap each other so much, speaking about fact and interpretation in legal science separately would undoubtedly be highly artificial. To speak about fact in law already brings in the operation we call interpretation. EquaHy, to speak about interpretation is to deal with the method of identifying reality and therefore, in large part, to enter the area of the question of fact. By way of example, Bemard Jackson's text, which we have placed in section 11 of the first part of this volume, could no doubt just as weH have found a horne in section I. This work is aimed at analyzing this interpretation of the operation of identifying fact on the one hand and identifying the meaning of a text on the other. All philosophies of law recognize themselves in the analysis they propose for this interpretation, and we too shall seek in this volume to fumish a few elements of use for this analysis. We wish however to make it clear that our endeavour is addressed not only to legal philosophers: the nature of the interpretive act in legal science is a matter of interest to the legal practitioner too. He will find in these pages, we believe, elements that will serve hirn in rcflcction on his daily work.

Editors and Affiliations

  • European University Institute, Florence, Italy

    Patrick Nerhot

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Law, Interpretation and Reality

  • Book Subtitle: Essays in Epistemology, Hermeneutics and Jurisprudence

  • Editors: Patrick Nerhot

  • Series Title: Law and Philosophy Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7875-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0593-4Published: 31 December 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4061-9Published: 17 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-7875-2Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1572-4395

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0315

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 458

  • Topics: Philosophy of Law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Epistemology

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