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If a sound philosophical curiosity as to what might possibly drive the (presumed to be rational and ethically sound) lawmaker to employ vague words in normative drafting brought you to this book, you will not be disappointed. It draws at length at questions like \u2018is it good to have vague words in normative texts\u2019; \u2018what reasons might be behind the use of vague terms in law\u2019; \u2018what is the legislator trying to achieve\u2019; \u2018what function could the use of vague terms be serving in law\u2019; \u2018does this function vary among different legal areas\u2019 and so on.If, however, on a more legal theoretical (technical) stance, you are looking for a thorough understanding of how to recognize vagueness and it\u2019s causes, namely in comparison with related linguistic and normative indeterminacies and what, discretion wise, are the concrete consequences of vague terms in normative texts, then you might want to lay it aside.While the title promises insights as to the nature and value of vagueness in the law, you will definitely get a great deal more of the latter.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"imagem-da-publicacao":"https:\/\/lisbonpubliclaw.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ana-Escher.png","areas-de-investigacao":"Teoria do Direito","investigador-responsavel":[],"editor-externo":"","editor":["1811"],"autores-externos":"","referencia-biografica":"Ana Escher (2021) The nature and value of vagueness in the law, Jurisprudence, 12:4, 612-619","projeto-a-que-pertence":"Lisbon Legal Theory","selecionar_o_projeto_a_que_pertence":[],"titulo-do-livro-revista":"","ano":"2021","isbn":"9781849466066","editora":"Routledge","link-para-download":"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/20403313.2021.2015181"},"cluster":[34],"categoria-da-publicacao":[38],"grupo-de-investigacao":[13],"class_list":["post-3380","publicacoes","type-publicacoes","status-publish","hentry","cluster-lisbon-legal-theory","categoria-da-publicacao-artigo","grupo-de-investigacao-teoria-e-filosofia-do-direito"],"yoast_head":"\nThe nature and value of vagueness in the law - Lisbon Public Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If a sound philosophical curiosity as to what might possibly drive the (presumed to be rational and ethically sound) lawmaker to employ vague words in normative drafting brought you to this book, you will not be disappointed. 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