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New Insights into the Semantics of Legal Concepts and the Legal Dictionary
Martina Bajčić
[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice 17] 2017
► pp. 61–78

Chapter 3
(How) Do courts do things with words?

Article outline
  • 3.1Introduction
  • 3.2The linguistic importance of case-law reasoning
  • 3.3Interpretation as a perennial source of legal difficulty
  • 3.4General methods of legal interpretation
    • 3.4.1Statutory interpretation methods implemented by U.S. Courts
      • 3.4.1.1Constitutional interpretation
    • 3.4.2The role of the context in legal interpretation or ‘anything goes’
      • 3.4.2.1The CJEU’s utilization of the context
  • 3.5Summary
  • Notes