Semiotics and Legal Theory is an exercise in exposition, comparison, criticism, and construction. Jackson takes two very different intellectual traditions — structuralist semiotics as represented by AJ. Greimas and modern (mainly positivist) legal theory as represented by Hart, MacCormick, Dworkin, and Kelsen and by juxtaposing them seeks to clarify and assess their respective semiotic presuppositions, in order to lay some foundations for a semiotically sensitive theory of law. This book is designed for both jurists and semioticians. To facilitate access across the disciplinary divide, Jackson provides an abstract at the head of each chapter, which serves as both a summary and a conclusion to each section. CONTENTS: Part One: Introduction Chapter 1: Mapping the Issues Part Two: Greimasian Semiotics and Law Chapter 2: Structural Semantics and Legal Language Chapter 3: The Syntagmatic Level of Legal Discourse Chapter 4: The Paradigrnatic Level of Legal Discourse Chapter 5: The “Legal Grammar” Chapter 6: Preliminary Conclusions for Legal Theory Part Three Semiotic Presuppositions of Legal Theorists Chapter 7: Hart and the Semiotics of Legal Rules Chapter 8: MacCormick and the Semiotics of Legal Doctrine Chapter 9: Dworkin and the Semiotics of Legal Argument Chapter 10: Kelsen and the Semiotics of Legal Acts Part Four: Conclusions Chapter 11: Pragmatics, Validity and the Unity of the Legal System Chapter 12: Towards a Semiotic Model of Law Notes References Published by Deborah Charles Publications