Legal interpretation is a normative practice of giving and asking for reasons.The meaning of legal discourse is determined by its inferential role in legal practice.Therefore,legal interpretation should not merely be considered a heuristic method for seeking legal meaning,but rather as a way of providing justificatory reasoning for judicial decisions.Elements such as literal meaning,history,system,objective purpose,and subjective intention should be regarded not just as methods of interpretation,but as reasons that support or oppose the correctness of an interpretative decision.Legal provisions often have multiple possible meanings,and the interpreter must select the correct one to serve as the individualized norm applicable to the current case.Essentially,legal interpretation is a rational argumentation process that involves weighing different interpretative reasons to determine the correctness of the interpretative decision.
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