Interpretation, Law and
the Construction of Meaning:
Collected Papers on Legal
Interpretation in Theory,
Adjudication and Political Practice
Anne Wagner, Wouter Werner,
Deborah Cao
The study of legal
semiotics emphasizes the contingency and fluidity of legal concepts and
stresses the existence of overlapping, competing and coexisting legal
discourses. New problems, changing power structures and societal norms and new
faces of injustice – all these force reconsideration, reformulation and even
replacement of established doctrines. This book focuses on the application of
law in a wide variety of contexts, including international politics and
diplomatic practice.
