Case Law and Collective Construction of Meaning

J 2023

Case Law and Collective Construction of Meaning

SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie

Základní údaje

Originální název

Case Law and Collective Construction of Meaning

Autoři

SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Utrecht Law Review, Netherlands, Utrecht Univ Library Open Access Journals, 2023, 1871-515X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50501 Law

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Open access časopisu

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.600 v roce 2022

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14220/23:00134226

Organizační jednotka

Právnická fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.36633/ulr.833

UT WoS

001069870300009

Klíčová slova anglicky

case law; construction of meaning; concepts; social object; dialogicality; social representations

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 8. 2. 2024 09:14, Mgr. Petra Georgala

Anotace

V originále

Case law has been described as a type of discursive space within which many conversations occur. In law, these dynamic conversations are essential in constructing and re-constructing the meanings of legal concepts and phenomena. Therefore, case law may be understood not only as a space of collective construction of legal concepts and phenomena, but also as a means of this construction. As there is no fixed agreement on the exact concept of case law, that is the meaning and role of case law, in most continental jurisdictions, the courts themselves join these conversations, hence engaging in a process of case law collectively constructing itself. This paper argues that this construction is essentially collective (social) and takes place across three dimensions: the overt opinions on the role of case law as expressed in the case law itself; the implied opinions included in the presence (or the absence) of references to past case law; and the fact that the judges even recognize case law as a space that allows them to express these overt opinions or that allows them to refer (or not to refer) to past case law at all. The aim of this article is to offer a way of bringing together the loose strands of theoretical knowledge on meaning-making that meet within the concept of case law in a circular manner: case law is at the same time the space, the means as well as the result of specific processes of social construction, and thus to pave the way for further study.

Návaznosti

GA20-10171S, projekt VaV

Název: Využití metod sociální reprezentace v analýze právních konceptů

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Využití metod sociální reprezentace v analýze právních konceptů

Citovat

SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie. Case Law and Collective Construction of Meaning. Utrecht Law Review. Netherlands: Utrecht Univ Library Open Access Journals, 2023, roč. 19, č. 2, s. 118-135. ISSN 1871-515X. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.36633/ulr.833.

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SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie. Case Law and Collective Construction of Meaning. \textit{Utrecht Law Review}. Netherlands: Utrecht Univ Library Open Access Journals, 2023, roč.~19, č.~2, s.~118-135. ISSN~1871-515X. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.36633/ulr.833.

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