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Hobbs, Pamela. 2012. Not semantics but just results: The use of linguistic analysis in constitutional interpretation. Journal of Pragmatics 44 (6-7) : 815–828.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

This study argues that the law needs to focus on justice and not on semantics, and therefore it is improper to restrict the analysis of Court constitutional interpretation to linguistic arguments. It indicates the role of applied pragmatics in overriding an interpretive strategy that appears impenetrable to legal argument.