{"id":3374,"date":"2019-01-02T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/?post_type=publicacoes&p=3374"},"modified":"2023-10-03T08:38:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T08:38:22","slug":"when-it-is-vague-what-is-vague-identifying-vagueness","status":"publish","type":"publicacoes","link":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/en\/publicacoes\/when-it-is-vague-what-is-vague-identifying-vagueness\/","title":{"rendered":"When it is vague what is vague: identifying vagueness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

O que exatamente deveria ser considerado um termo vago? Os exemplos surpreendentemente diversos do que \u00e9 considerado vago na literatura revelam que isto ainda \u00e9, em grande medida, pouco claro. Argumentar-se-\u00e1 que esta falta de clareza \u00e9 o resultado da defini\u00e7\u00e3o lim\u00edtrofe prevalecente de imprecis\u00e3o. Esta defini\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 certamente pict\u00f3rica mas, na maioria das suas formula\u00e7\u00f5es, carece de precis\u00e3o. O objetivo deste artigo n\u00e3o \u00e9, portanto, resolver sorites ou eliminar a imprecis\u00e3o, mas fornecer um crit\u00e9rio vi\u00e1vel para identificar predicados vagos, o que parece ainda mais indispens\u00e1vel no direito onde a imprecis\u00e3o implica discricionariedade. Ao tentar identificar a imprecis\u00e3o, alguma luz ser\u00e1 lan\u00e7ada sobre as quest\u00f5es sobre o que a causa e como ela pode ser distinguida dos fen\u00f4menos sem\u00e2nticos familiares.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"imagem-da-publicacao":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Chapter_When-it-is-Vague.png","areas-de-investigacao":"Teoria do Direito","investigador-responsavel":["1732","1759","1744"],"editor-externo":"","editor":["1811"],"autores-externos":"","referencia-biografica":"Escher, A. (2019). When It Is Vague What Is Vague: Identifying Vagueness. In: Duarte, D., Moniz Lopes, P., Silva Sampaio, J. (eds) Legal Interpretation and Scientific Knowledge. Springer, Cham.","projeto-a-que-pertence":"Lisbon Legal Theory","selecionar_o_projeto_a_que_pertence":[],"titulo-do-livro-revista":"Legal Interpretation and Scientific Knowledge","ano":"2019","isbn":"978-3-030-18671-5","editora":"Springer","link-para-download":"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-18671-5"},"cluster":[34],"categoria-da-publicacao":[24],"grupo-de-investigacao":[13],"class_list":["post-3374","publicacoes","type-publicacoes","status-publish","hentry","cluster-lisbon-legal-theory","categoria-da-publicacao-capitulo-de-livro","grupo-de-investigacao-teoria-e-filosofia-do-direito"],"yoast_head":"\nWhen it is vague what is vague: identifying vagueness - Lisbon Public Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What exactly should count as a vague term? The strikingly diverse examples of what is assumed to be vague in the literature reveal that this is, to a large extent, still unclear. 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