Paper's abstract

Alain Sériaux, Decision making. Semantics of the act of judging
Law is a language that “disposes”: it states what is and, by this very statement, bring it into being. In jurisprudence, this way of perceiving legal matters opens up the way to essential reassessments and new fields research.


Key Words : Legal statements – declarative characteristic – performative characteristic – legal as being - sword’s theory
t. 53, 2010 : p. 478-493