Law and Semiotics Volume 1
However, it became apparent shortly after the establishing of the Center that not only were all methods of legal semiotics not Peircean in origin, but were in their respective foundational assumptions not likely to be compatible with Peirce's semiotics wi
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LAW AND SEMIOTICS Volume 1 Edited by
Roberta Kevelson
Pennsylvania State University Reading, Pennsylvania
PLENUM PRESS • NEW YORK AND LONDON
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Round Table on Law and Semiotics (1987: Pennsylvania State University) Law and semiotics / edited by Roberta Kevelson. p. cm. "Proceedings of a Round Table on Law and Semiotics, held April 11-13, 1987, at the Center for Semiotic Research in Law, Government, and Economics, Pennsyl· vania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania" - T.p. verso. Includes bibliographies. 1. Semantics (Law)-Congresses. 2. Law-Philosophy-Congresses. 3. SemioticsCongresses. I. Kevelson, Roberta. II. Title. K213.R68 1987 340'.11-dcl9 87·32715 CIP ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-8265-5
e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4613-0959-8
001: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0959-8
Proceedings of a Round Table on Law and Semiotics, held April 11-13, 1987, at the Center for Semiotic Research in Law, Government, and Economics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania © 1987 Plenum Press, New York Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1987 A Division of Plenum Publishing Corporation 233 Spring Street, New York, N.Y. 10013
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Grateful acknowledgment is made for the support of The Pennsylvania State University for this First Round Table in Law and Semiotics.
We thank the following: The Berks
Campus; Commonwealth Educational System; College of the Liberal Arts; Philosophy Department, and Keller Conference Center. We thank, also, Svoboda's Book Store for the book exhibit.
Special thanks to Cindy Palecek for her preparation
of the manuscripts in readiness for publication.
Harold
Brogan assisted in the coordination of the Conference, and we are grateful for his help.
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CONTENTS
Introduction to the First Round Table on Law and Semiotics Roberta Kevelson
1
Analytical Rhetoric, Semiotic and Law Ottmar Ballweg
25
The Semiotic Web of the Law Robert W. Benson
35
The Shopping Mall: Signs of Power Denis J. Brion
65
The Prescriptions of the New Hobbesian Contractarian William C. Charron
109
Animals as Property and the Law Priscilla Cohn
131
The Problem of Normative Authority in Legal Interpretation Drucilla Cornell
149
Natural Law and Emancipation: Toward a Theonomous Democracy Robert S. Corrington
159
Communication Research and the Practice of Lawyering: Is the Tail Wagging the Dog? Paul Evangelista Psychoanalysis in Legal Education: Notes on the Violence of the Sign Peter Goodrich vii
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The Rhetoric of Esotericism: The 'Challenge' to Deconstruction Irene E. Harvey
215
Legitimizing 'Repugnancy' in Law: Peirce and Contradiction Roberta Kevelson
239
Constitutionalism: Principle and Policy Joseph Margolis
283
The United States Constitution: A Semiotic I
