Author: Christopher Mark Hutton

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-09-09

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1137016167

This book introduces ideas about word meaning in the context of law. It analyzes cases from common law jurisdictions that concern the meaning, definition and legal status of individual words, labels and categories. The focus is on the question of how law assigns authority over word meaning in different circumstances and in different domains of law.