Ambiguous Attributive Connections and the  Czech-German Parliamentary Declaration Cover Image

Dvojznačné přívlastkové vazby a česko-německá deklarace
Ambiguous Attributive Connections and the Czech-German Parliamentary Declaration

Author(s): Jaroslav Chyba
Subject(s): Philosophy of Law, Sociology of Law
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: positive law; natural law; sovereignty; constituent power; legitimacy; legality;

Summary/Abstract: Attributes in legal texts are analysed with respect to possible ambiguous readings. Two possible types of ambiguity are defined: the syntactic type and the semantic type. Examples of both types are given, concerning both the natio- nal law and the jurisprudence of the World Court. It is shown that the Czech — German Parliamentary Declaration is influenced by the ambiguous reading of the law 115/1946 Sb. This specific ambiguity refers to the semantic type. The consequences of the different readings of the law are analysed in the paper.

  • Issue Year: 5/1997
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 96-102
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Czech
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