Jusletter IT

Say «cheese»: Natural kinds, deontic logic and EU Regulation 1829/2002

  • Author: Burkhard Schafer
  • Region: England
  • Field of law: Information law
  • Collection: Festschrift Erich Schweighofer
  • Citation: Burkhard Schafer, Say «cheese»: Natural kinds, deontic logic and EU Regulation 1829/2002, in: Jusletter IT 22 February 2011
The paper develops a semi-formal framework to analyse the semantic of European norms and legal decisions on Geo¬graphical Indications. It is shown that the debate regarding the appropriateness of giving the term «Feta cheese» legal recognition mirrors discussions in analytical philosophy about the semantics of natural kind terms. A logic with formal quotation function is introduced that allows to represent the different intuitions regarding the semantics of natural kind terms, and how they play out in the legal arena.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Natural kinds – from language to law
  • 2. Rigidifying «Feta»
  • 3. Conclusion
  • 4. References

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