The Law as a System of Signs
Even if Peirce were well understood and there existed· general agreement among Peirce scholars on what he meant by his semiotics, or philosophy of signs, the undertaking of this book-wliich intends to establish a theoretical foundation for a new approach to understanding the interrelations of law, e...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1988, 1988
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1988 |
| Series: | Topics in Contemporary Semiotics
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Table of Contents:
- I Introduction to Legal Semiotics
- 1 Legal Semiotics: The Peircean Frame
- 2 Staking the Claim/Walking the Field
- 3 Perspectives on the Legal System
- 4 A Comparatist View
- 5 Global Developments
- II The Open Hand
- 6 The Art of Conversation
- 7 Riddles, Legal Decisions, and Peirce’s “Existential Graphs”
- 8 Speech Acts: Decisions
- 9 Pure Play: Rules of Law and Rules of Conduct
- 10 Limits of Authority in Law
- III Quid Pro Quo
- 11 Contracts and Equivalences
- 12 The Mapping of Morals onto Law: Problems of Rights, Ethics, and Values
- 13 Economic Justice: The “Takings Clause” and Legal Interpretation
- 14 Economic Links with Law: The Market as Sign of a Free Society
- 15 Signs of the Naked and the Dressed: Contract and Cause in Law
- IV Interpretation and Value
- 16 Origins and Development: Hermeneutics of Law and Politics
- 17 American Realism
- 18 The Constitution as Interpretant Sign
- 19 Property I
- 20 Property II
- V Inquiry as Method of Freedom
- 21. Inquiry and Discovery Procedures
- 22 Conflict of Laws: A Complex Indexical Sign
- 23 The Means-End Process of Freedom in Law
- References