{"product_id":"laws-language-daniel-wodak-9781009711364","title":"Law's Language","description":"The language of law includes normative or prescriptive terms such as 'obligation' and 'permission'. How do we explain the meaning of prescriptive legal language? This has long been regarded as a problem for positivists, since at first glance their view suggests we can derive an ought - a legal obligation or right or permission - from descriptive social facts alone. This Element outlines what we should want from a semantics of prescriptive legal language, critically evaluates four leading semantic accounts, and argues that legal prescriptivity is not, in the end, a problem for positivists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Wodak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1009711369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781009711364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Daniel Wodak","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48089422332159,"sku":"9781009711364","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_50c753c7-09a1-461a-9a66-466f1c97b6bd.jpg?v=1769110151","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/laws-language-daniel-wodak-9781009711364","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}