Presents four theories describing the limits of literary interpretation, challenging "the cancer of uncontrolled interpretation" that diminishes the meaning and

This book brings together some of the most distinguished figures currently at work in philosophy, literary theory and criticism to debate the limits of interpre

Why do critics feel impelled to unmask and demystify the works that they read? What is the rationale for their conviction that language is always withholding so

Philosophy and literary theory have devoted a great deal of their analysis to the problem of the origin and modalities of argumentation, but there has been an a

This book presents a comprehensive theory of legal interpretation, by a leading judge and legal theorist. Currently, legal philosophers and jurists apply differ