Screen LibraryRethinking law and language : the flagship 'speech' /
"The 'law-language-law' theme is deeply engraved in Occidental culture, more so than contemporary studies on the subject currently illustrate. This...book creates awareness of these cultural roots and shows how language and themes in law can be richer than studying a simple mutuality...
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Edward Elgar Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | Cheltenham, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Rethinking law
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| Summary: |
"The 'law-language-law' theme is deeply engraved in Occidental culture, more so than contemporary studies on the subject currently illustrate. This...book creates awareness of these cultural roots and shows how language and themes in law can be richer than studying a simple mutuality of motives. Focusing on the multilevel phenomenon of 'speech', [the author] explores the history of this theme, from the West-European Middle Ages, through to today s globalization. Existing philosophical concepts are studied for their views on 'alter', other and otherness in speech, alongside scientific approac |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 328 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781788976619 (cased) : 1788976614 (cased) 9781788976626 (eBook) 1788976622 (eBook) |
| Index Number: | K213 |
| CLC: | D90-055 |
| Call Number: | D90-055/B865 |
| Contents: |
Rethinking speech -- Hobbes' frontispiece -- Von Savigny's "people" -- Signs signify -- Structuralism and law -- Alter's presence -- What language, what law? -- Word, seme, digit -- The flagship's wreckage. |