Conference Proceeding

When Worldviews Collide: Linguistic Theory Meets Legal Semantics in United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc.

Author: Craig Hoffman (Georgetown University Law Center)

  • When Worldviews Collide: Linguistic Theory Meets Legal Semantics in United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc.

    Conference Proceeding

    When Worldviews Collide: Linguistic Theory Meets Legal Semantics in United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc.

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Abstract

I would like to take a closer look here at how linguists and lawyers look at language (sentences) and how they build analyses in their own disciplines. I will then suggest how the more theoretical approach of linguists could be integrated with the more practical approach of lawyers.

Keywords: Linguistics, Law -- Interpretation & construction, Child pornography, United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc. 115 S. Ct. 464 (1994)

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1995-01-01

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