Concept tag
#ambiguity
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Legal realism is not a claim about what exists, and lawyers should stop treating it as one
A small irritation from the Lahore High Court bar library, where I spend too many evenings. Colleagues say "I'm a legal realist" to mean one of three things: that judges decide on their prejudices and then find reasons; that law is ultimately…
Started by Hamza Qureshi0 replies70 views -
Every invoice needs some approver: why does the order of quantifiers change the meaning?
I do tax returns for small businesses. One client's internal policy says: "Every invoice must be approved by some manager." Two of their managers have now spent a month arguing about it. One reads it as: each invoice needs a manager's approval,…
Started by Harpreet Kaur Grewal4 replies156 views -
I’m a scientific realist and, after twenty-two years in the army, a political realist. Is that inconsistent?
I retired as a major after twenty-two years, the last stretch on the DMZ. At staff college we read the classic realist authors on international politics: states pursue power and security, and moral principles do not govern what they do to each…
Started by Choi Byeong-hun5 replies158 views -
A translator cannot afford to be an anti-intentionalist
I translate novels from German and English into French, and I want to defend a thesis that my academic friends find naive: translation makes anti-intentionalism impossible in practice, whatever its merits in theory. Here is why. Every page forces choices the source…
Started by Claire Dubois5 replies181 views