The chapter investigates vagueness in the discourse of insurance in a specific national legal context. The analysis, based on the UK Marine Insurance Act, gives evidence of the strategies used by legal draftsmen to reconcile precision and all-inclusiveness. The investigation focuses on lexical and grammatical choices indicating the deliberate use of linguistic indeterminacy and built-in vagueness.
Vagueness in the Discourse of Insurance: the Case of the Marine Insurance Act 1906
SOLLY, Martin
2005-01-01
Abstract
The chapter investigates vagueness in the discourse of insurance in a specific national legal context. The analysis, based on the UK Marine Insurance Act, gives evidence of the strategies used by legal draftsmen to reconcile precision and all-inclusiveness. The investigation focuses on lexical and grammatical choices indicating the deliberate use of linguistic indeterminacy and built-in vagueness.
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