Chinese law : a language perspective
Studying Chinese law from a linguistic and communicative perspective, this book examines meaning and language in Chinese law. Taking a cross-cultural approach, the book applies major Western philosophical thought to Chinese law, in particular the ideas concerning language and communication by such major thinkers as Peirce, Whorf, Gadamer, Habermas, Austin and Searle.
1 online resource (236 pages)
9780754624356, 9781351951975, 0754624358, 1351951971
1003226731
Contents: Introduction; What the Chinese said about law; Fazhi as rule of/by law; 'Ought to' as a legal performative; Rights talk in Chinese; Chinese law and imprecise language; Doing things with words in the constitution; Chinese lawmaking as a communicative act; Translating law over space and time; Last words; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.