OBSCURITY AND CLARITY IN THE LAW PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGESPDF电子书下载

Introduction: The Chiaroscuro of Legal Language&Sophie Cacciaguidi-Fahy and Anne Wagner 1

PART 1: CROSSROADS BETWEEN LAW AND LANGUAGE 9

1 The Ambiguous Principle of The Clarity of Law&Alexandre Fluckiger 9

2 Objectivity and Subjectivity in Interpretation&James Kessler QC 25

3 Rules and Statements&Louis E.Wolcher 39

4 Unravelling The Legislator’s Tapestry: Judicial Needlework on Encroachment Cases&Anne-Francoise Debruche 69

5 Customising The Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration&Maurizio Gotti 89

6 Is The Chinese Legal Language more Ambiguous and Vaguer?&Deborah Cao 109

PART 2: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 129

7 Conceptual and Textual Structure in Legislative Texts&Andreas Lotscher 129

8 Finland Makes its Statutes Intelligible:Good Intentions and Practicalities&Aino Piehl 151

9 The Swedish Approach to Clear Legislation and Clear Official Texts&Barbro Ehrenberg-Sundin 165

10 What, How, When and Why - Making Laws Easier to Understand by Using Examples and Notes&Ben Piper 181

11 The Illusion of Clarity: A Critique of ‘Pure’ Clarity Using Examples Drawn from Judicial Interpretations of The Constitution of The United States&M.Douglass Bellis 197

12 Between Obscurity and Clarity in Nigerian Legal Discourse:Aspects of Language Use in Selected Written Texts&Tunde Opeibi 221

Bibliography 235

Index 257