The Hermeneutics of Law: An Analytical Model for a Complex General Account

The first systematic American work on how to interpret laws and constitutions. Lieber separates interpretation from construction and sets out rules for reading legal texts that judges and scholars still cite.

Francis Lieber

How does language shape the meaning of a law, a contract or a court ruling? This book applies linguistics to legal interpretation, covering ambiguity, pragmatics, plain language and forensic analysis of legal texts.

Terrence R. Carney (ed.)

A study of how national judges interpret international law, based on the case law of Swiss courts. Ammann compares their methods with the rules of the Vienna Convention and proposes a framework for sound legal interpretation.

Odile Ammann