The metaphorical legal speech and the rhetorical construction of truth in law

Authors

  • Pedro Parini Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18759/rdgf.v16i1.742

Keywords:

Rhetoric. Law. Metaphor. Epistemology.

Abstract

In this essay I argue that the establishment of a proper model for the
understanding of law depends on the development of an epistemology of
metaphor. My hypothesis is that the production of knowledge would be
intrinsecally conected to the typical human faculty of dealing with figurative
aspects of legal language. Thereby the concept of truth in the legal domain
would depend on the concept of metaphorical truth for which the idea of
correspondence between language and reality, as well as the idea of consensus
are irrelevant from a rhetorical point of view. To advocate this thesis
I assume that the very idea of literal meaning is metaphorical and that it
functions only as a referential to the development of non-literal interpretations of normative texts. Thus, I conclude affirming that legal semantics depends on its pragmatics, i.e., that the production of legal meaning is connected to performative issues and creative use of language.

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Author Biography

Pedro Parini, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)

Professor Adjunto no Curso de Direito da Universidade Federal da Paraíba
(UFPB). Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Jurídicas da
UFPB. Coordenador do Grupo de Pesquisa "Retórica, Hermêneutica e
Direito" vinculado à UFPB. Pós-doutorado pela Università di Bologna,
Itália com duração de 12 meses e financiamento pela CAPES. Doutor em
Direito pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE).

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Published

2015-06-29

How to Cite

Parini, P. (2015). The metaphorical legal speech and the rhetorical construction of truth in law. Revista De Direitos E Garantias Fundamentais, 16(1), 11–46. https://doi.org/10.18759/rdgf.v16i1.742

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Philosophy and General Theory of Fundamental Rights