Linguapax
Vague Language - Vague Law?
Date: 20-Jan-2012 - 21-Jan-2012
Location: Freiburg, Germany
Contact: Lehrstuhl Prof. Poscher
Meeting URL: http://www.unscharfe-grenzen.de/de/system/files/Flyer_www.pdf
Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Forensic Linguistics
Meeting Description:
The aim of the conference is to address the impact of linguistic vagueness on the law from different perspectives. The speakers are leading experts from the fields of law, linguistics and philosophy.
Speakers include:
Ralph Christensen (Law, Philosophy - Heidelberg University)
Manfred Krifka (General Linguistics - Humboldt University Berlin)
Doris Liebwald (Linguistics, Law - LingLaw, Wuppertal University)
Manfred Pinkal (Computational Linguistics - CORTE, Saarland University)
Monika Rathert (Linguistics - LingLaw, Wuppertal University)
Robert van Rooij (Linguistics, Philosophy - ILLC, University of Amsterdam)
Lawrence Solan (Linguistics, Law - Brooklyn Law School, New York)
Stephan Walter (Linguistics - CORTE, Saarland University)