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  1. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique
  2. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 25
  3. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 25, Issue 4, December 2012
  4. Are Legal Concepts Embedded in Legal Norms?
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International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 29
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 28
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 27
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 26
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 25
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 25, Issue 4, December 2012
Whose Reason or Reasons Speak Through the Constitution? Introduction to the Problematics
Public Reason Between Ethics and Law
Interpretation of Law and Judges Communities
Law’s Cultural Project and the Claim to Universality or the Equivocalities of a Familiar Debate
Autonomous Constitutional Interpretation
“Living” Law: Performative, Not Discursive
Are Legal Concepts Embedded in Legal Norms?
Beyond Consensus: Law, Disagreement and Democracy
The Struggle for the Legal Status of Religion in the Polish Constitution
Le dialogisme bakhtinien: un chemin pour penser l’interprétation judiciaire et le droit
David Gurnham: Memory, Imagination, Justice
Anne Wagner and Le Cheng (eds): Exploring Courtroom Discourse: The Language of Power and Control
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 25, Issue 3, September 2012
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 25, Issue 2, June 2012
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 25, Issue 1, March 2012
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 24
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 23
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 22
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 21
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 20
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 19
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 18
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 17
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 16
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 15
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 14
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 13
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 12
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 11
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique : Volume 10

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Are Legal Concepts Embedded in Legal Norms?

Content Provider Springer Nature Link
Author Gizbert Studnicki, Tomasz Kliwski, Mateusz
Copyright Year 2011
Abstract In this paper, we discuss the problem of the relationship between legal concepts and legal norms. We argue that one of the widespread theories of legal concepts, which we call ‘the embedding theory’, is false. The theory is based on the assumption that legal norms are central for any legal system and that each legal norm establishes an inferential link between a certain class of facts and a certain class of legal consequences. Alf Ross’s embedding theory was presented in his famous paper “Tu–Tu”. According to Ross, the sole function of legal concepts is to simplify normative information. Hence, the use of legal concepts may be a matter of convenience, rather than necessity. We criticize this approach mainly by pointing to the existence of so-called second order substantive concepts, which are not reducible to any determined set of conditional sentences (inferential links). In short, second order substantive concepts play the role of general standards, and general standards are used to provide flexibility for a particular legal system. In addition, general standards are ‘value loaded’, since they serve as a frame of reference for judges applying law to particular cases. To understand such general standards as a predefined set of conditionals means to overlook their ‘open’ content, and thus their function. In our opinion, the acceptance of the embedding theory means to misinterpret the function of general standards. We also argue that Giovani Sartor’s idea of defective legal concepts doesn’t help to clarify or defend the embedding theory.
Starting Page 553
Ending Page 562
Page Count 10
File Format PDF
ISSN 09528059
Journal International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique
Volume Number 25
Issue Number 4
e-ISSN 15728722
Language English
Publisher Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date 2011-10-07
Publisher Place Dordrecht
Access Restriction One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword Legal concepts Embedding theory Inferential link Intermediate legal concepts Formal legal concepts Substantive legal concepts Doctrinal commitment Defective concepts Constitutional standards Supranational standards Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History Logic Philosophy of Law Sociolinguistics Applied Linguistics
Content Type Text
Resource Type Article
Subject Law Linguistics and Language
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