Deferentialism: Soames on legal interpretation

Philosophical Studies 179 (6):2097-2107 (2022)
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This essay explores themes raised by Scott Soames in Chapter Twelve of The World Philosophy Made. Soames’s key contribution is the articulation of a general theory of legal interpretation and more specific theory, Constitutional Deferentialism, that is a form of public meaning originalism. His development of the connections between the philosophy of language and legal interpretation have been especially important and influential.

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Lawrence B. Solum
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The concept of law.Hla Hart - 1961 - New York: Oxford University Press.

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