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Publication details [#14542]
Simonnæs, Ingrid. 2007. Vague legal concepts: a contradictio in adjecto? In Bassey, Antia Edem, ed. Indeterminacy in terminology and LSP: studies in honour of Heribert Picht (Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice 8). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 119–134. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Edition info
Translated by Benjamin D. Tyrybon
Abstract
Against the background of modern terminology theory (e.g. Picht 1993), the author examines the concept of vagueness as it relates to legal concepts. It is often assumed in lay circles that, generally, legal concepts are or must be clear (and unambiguous). Legal experts (e.g. Heck 1932, Zingel 2001) claim on the contrary that many legal concepts are vague and only shed this inherent property after interpretation. The article presents some empirical evidence in support of the view that many legal concepts are inherently vague.
Source : Based on abstract in book