Mind, Language and legal interpretation: derived intentionality and literal interpretation of legal texts
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https://doi.org/10.20873/uft.2359-0106.2024.v11n2.p47-64Keywords:
Hermenêutica Jurídica, John Searle, LinguagemAbstract
This article explores legal interpretation through the lens of John Searle's socio-ontological studies from the 1960s. The central question revolves around the possibility of a literal interpretation of the law. Using the concepts of speech acts, intentionality, direction of fit, and reference proposed by John Searle, the article analyzes illocutionary acts, directions of fit, and the relationship between intentionality and legal interpretation. It concludes that the Latin adage "in claris cessat interpretio" can be understood as a process of clarifying elementary assumptions in circumscribed contexts. The term "literal interpretation" suggests a contextualized elementary approach to legal text. Thus, it is impossible to speak of a zero interpretative context or a literal interpretation that takes the text of the law as self-referential.
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