Engaging deeply with legal interpretation, this book explores various related themes such as judicial fictions, precedent, and legal gaps. It introduces analytical realism and develops a theory of pragmatic realism through interpretive games, addressing the debates between literalism and contextualism. The text also examines the relationship between judicial reasoning and fictions, analyzes judicial precedent systems, and discusses legal indeterminacy and defeasibility. Conclusively, it presents a realistic approach to legislation, emphasizing the complexities of legal interpretation.
