Interpretation of Undefined Legal Concepts and Fulfilling of Legal Gaps, in Juri Lotman's Semiotic Framework

• Author: Liina Reisberg
• Pages: 3-11

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JURIDICA INTERNATIONAL 27/2018

Liina Reisberg

Doctoral student

University of Tartu

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Legal Concepts

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in Juri Lotman’s Semiotic

Framework*1

1. Introduction

Lines of relation between semiotics and law have been drawn from several perspectives for more than half a

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tion of law features in both realms. Whereas semiotics is interested in the question of how the norm gains

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1) introduce the chosen semiotic basis;

2) legitimately conclude that the TMS ideas should be applied to interpretation of law; and

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practice.

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 I am very thankful to Elin Sütiste and Taras Boyko for the inspiriting seminars presented at the Department of Semiotics of

the University of Tartu and for their kind help in relation to this article.

https://doi.org/10.12697/JI.2018.27.01