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The Role of Language in the Interpretation of Social Action
Linguistics is a fantastic pre-law degree right and i mean other things. So fundamentally then asmos laws are nothing like theorems laws of physics are computer code they don't bind to stable concepts or define mathematical relationships because natural language isn't math. Language offers us a sink way to express a policy requiring human-like judgment to interpret and imply calibrate such judgment case laws generally needed worked examples that clarify the intent and scope of the language which may be subject to debate very culturally and evolve over time uh yes there's an example in one citation i would sort of want to drop here it's not necessarily about the interpretation of laws um but it's about the nature of explanationUh