Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1999
ISSN
1573-0522
Publisher
Springer
Language
en-US
Abstract
This essay concerns the possibility of interpreting law. It is always possible to interpret law in the weak sense, which assigns meaning it is not assumed the law previously possessed. My concern here is interpretation in the strong sense, which, if successful, reveals meaning that lies hidden in the law. Theories of legal interpretation have recently received much theoretical attention. The received theory of law's open texture suggests that this interest is misplaced.
Recommended Citation
David B. Lyons,
Open Texture and the Possibility of Legal Interpretation
,
in
18
Law and Philosophy
297
(1999).
Available at:
https://doi.org/10.2307/3505245
