Presents new approaches to the conception of semiotics in legal and political theory

Reviews the sign-character of law and its relation to the individual and the state

Evaluates hermeneutics in legal texts and contexts

Evidences an urgent call for new research on sign and signification in law

Jan M. BROEKMAN is Emeritus Dean and Professor of Law at the KULeuven Law Faculty, Belgium, as well as Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Penn State Law, USA. Research interests in EULaw, Legal Theory, Semiotics and Contemporary Philosophy.

Frank FLEERACKERS is Professor of Law at the KULeuven Law Faculty, Belgium, former Dean of the KU Brussels Law faculty, Belgium, and Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School and Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. Research interests in Conflict Analysis, Legal Theory and Semiotics.

PART I.- Chapter 1. Why's of Fascination.- Chapter 2. Social Life and Law.- PART II.- Chapter 3. Words, Signs and Signifying Concepts.- Chapter 4. Semiotics Education in Law.- Chapter 5. Kevelson's Semiotics Today.- PART III.- Chapter 6. Appendix A: The Roberta Kevelson Papers.- Chapter 7. Appendix B: The Kevelson Bibliography.