Law’s Language: Meaning and Normativity
Author:   Daniel Wodak (University of Pennsylvania)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009711364


Pages:   75
Publication Date:   11 December 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Law’s Language: Meaning and Normativity


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The language of law includes normative or prescriptive terms such as 'obligation' and 'permission'. How do we explain the meaning of prescriptive legal language? This has long been regarded as a problem for positivists, since at first glance their view suggests we can derive an ought – a legal obligation or right or permission – from descriptive social facts alone. This Element outlines what we should want from a semantics of prescriptive legal language, critically evaluates four leading semantic accounts, and argues that legal prescriptivity is not, in the end, a problem for positivists.

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Author:   Daniel Wodak (University of Pennsylvania)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Weight:   0.275kg
ISBN:  

9781009711364


ISBN 10:   1009711369
Pages:   75
Publication Date:   11 December 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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