Statutory interpretation : pragmatics and argumentation / Douglas Walton, University of Windsor, Fabrizio Macagno, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Giovanni Sartor, University of Bologna.

"The English word "interpretation" comes from Latin interpretatio, from interpres, originally meaning an intermediary, broker, or agent, and then also an explainer or translator (De Vaan 2008, 307). In its turn interpres seems to have resulted from the fusion of inter (between) and pr...

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Main Authors:	Walton, Douglas N. (Author), Macagno, Fabrizio (Author), Sartor, Giovanni (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Subjects:	Law > Interpretation and construction. Law > Language. Semantics (Law)