Thories of Interpretation. An overview
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Abstract
Within the current jurisprudential literature, two main theories of interpretation nowadays compete - the hermeneutic and the analytic. The analytic theory, in turn, is divided between a neo-cognitivist and a realistic stand. The Author, after sketching out the main tenets of such competing accounts of legal interpretation, defends the realistic theory as a purely descriptive attitude toward, and a true picture of, the actual practice of judges and legal scholars.
Keywords
- Interpretation
- Theories of Interpretation
- Hermeneutics
- Interpretive Cognitivism
- Interpretive Scepticism
