Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
In this chapter from "Law and the Humanities: An Introduction," published by Cambridge University Press, I first survey various theoretical approaches to interpretation, including natural law, analytical legal positivism, law as communication (originalism, intentionalism, and new textualism), and the hermeneutical turn. I then discuss the role of interpretation in contract law, statutory law and constitutional law, to situate the theories in practice.
Publication Citation
Mootz III, Francis Joseph, Interpretation (2010). LAW AND THE HUMANITIES: AN INTRODUCTION, Austin Sarat, Matt Anderson, Cathrine O. Frank eds., pp. 339-376, 2010; UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-15
Recommended Citation
Mootz, Francis J. III, "Interpretation" (2008). Scholarly Works. 63.
https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/63