Tyranny of Ordinary Meaning

Christopher Hutton is Chair Professor in the School of English at the University of Hong Kong. His research concerns the history of linguistics within the history of ideas, in particular the relationship between linguistics and race theory, and linguistics and fascism. In the last decade he has been working on the politics of language and interpretation in the context of the law, focusing on the classification of objects, acts, animals and people.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Intellectual Background.- Chapter 3: Legal Sex and Marriage.- Chapter 4: The Decision in Corbett v Corbett.- Chapter 5: Ordinary Meaning Beyond the Law/Fact Distinction.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.