Semiotics of International Law Trade and Translation
Language carries more than meanings; language conveys a means of conceiving the world. In this sense, national legal systems expressed through national languages organize the Law based on their own understanding of reality. International Law becomes, in t
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Law and Philosophy Library VOLUME 91
Series Editors: FRANCISCO J. LAPORTA, Department of Law, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain FREDERICK SCHAUER, School of Law, University of Virginia, U.S.A. TORBEN SPAAK, Uppsala University, Sweden Former Series Editors: AULIS AARNIO, MICHAEL D. BAYLES† , CONRAD D. JOHNSON† , ALAN MABE, ALEKSANDER PECZENIK† Editorial Advisory Board: AULIS AARNIO, Secretary General of the Tampere Club, Finland HUMBERTO ÁVILA, Federal University of South Brazil, Brazil ZENON BANKOWSKI, Centre for Law and Society, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom PAOLO COMANDUCCI, University of Genoa, Italy HUGH CORDER, University of Cape Town, South Africa DAVID DYZENHAUS, University of Toronto, Canada ERNESTO GARZÓN VALDÉS, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Johannes Gutenberg Universitat, Mainz, Germany RICCARDO GUASTINI, University of Genoa, Italy JOHN KLEINIG, Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, U.S.A. PATRICIA MINDUS, Università Degli Studi di Torino, Italy YASUTOMO MORIGIWA, Nagoya University, Japan and University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom GIOVANNI BATTISTA RATTI, “Juan de la Cierva” Fellow in Law, Faculty of Law, University of Girona, Spain WOJCIECH SADURSKI, European University Institute, Department of Law, Florence, Italy HORACIO SPECTOR, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina ROBERT S. SUMMERS, School of Law, Cornell University, U.S.A. MICHEL TROPER, Membre de l’Institut Universitaire de France, France CARL WELLMAN, Department of Philosophy, Washington University, U.S.A. For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/6210
SEMIOTICS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW Trade and Translation
by Evandro Menezes de Carvalho Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Translation by Luciana Carvalho Fonseca
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Dr. Evandro Menezes de Carvalho Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) Praia de Botafogo, 190. 13o andar 22250-900 – Rio de Janeiro Brazil [email protected]
ISSN 1572-4395 ISBN 978-90-481-9010-2 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9011-9 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9011-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010935811 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To my parents José Maria and Maria Neusa
Preface
The statement that one cannot reflect or think but through words surprises no one. Each word corresponds to an idea, expresses a concept, and describes an action or thing. In information theory, it has a meaning. But this same theory teaches us that
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