Regarding intentio operis in the texts of legal acts

The aim of the paper is to present intentio operis as an interpretative strategy created by a text. According to Umberto Eco, this strategy can help to transcend the opposition between intentio auctoris and the interpreter’s unrestrained freedom. Although as a concept intentio operis belongs to lit...

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Main Author: Agnieszka Choduń
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan 2019-12-01
Series:Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny
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Online Access:https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/rpeis/article/view/20492
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description The aim of the paper is to present intentio operis as an interpretative strategy created by a text. According to Umberto Eco, this strategy can help to transcend the opposition between intentio auctoris and the interpreter’s unrestrained freedom. Although as a concept intentio operis belongs to literary texts, it seems to be an interesting construct to apply to legal interpretation, especially because it links different points of view on textual interpretation: the structural (‘how the text is constructed’) and the pragmatic (namely aspects of communication, such as the communicative intentions of the empirical author, the communicative intentions of the text).
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spelling doaj.art-c2057c61b9db46bbb30588eff7a6a66e2023-03-31T06:40:36ZengAdam Mickiewicz University, PoznanRuch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny0035-96292543-91702019-12-0181410.14746/rpeis.2019.81.4.2Regarding intentio operis in the texts of legal actsAgnieszka Choduń0University of Szczecin The aim of the paper is to present intentio operis as an interpretative strategy created by a text. According to Umberto Eco, this strategy can help to transcend the opposition between intentio auctoris and the interpreter’s unrestrained freedom. Although as a concept intentio operis belongs to literary texts, it seems to be an interesting construct to apply to legal interpretation, especially because it links different points of view on textual interpretation: the structural (‘how the text is constructed’) and the pragmatic (namely aspects of communication, such as the communicative intentions of the empirical author, the communicative intentions of the text). https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/rpeis/article/view/20492intentio operis; interpretation; communicative competence; textual cooperation; interpretive strategy
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Regarding intentio operis in the texts of legal acts
Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny
intentio operis; interpretation; communicative competence; textual cooperation; interpretive strategy
title Regarding intentio operis in the texts of legal acts
title_full Regarding intentio operis in the texts of legal acts
title_fullStr Regarding intentio operis in the texts of legal acts
title_full_unstemmed Regarding intentio operis in the texts of legal acts
title_short Regarding intentio operis in the texts of legal acts
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topic intentio operis; interpretation; communicative competence; textual cooperation; interpretive strategy
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