It is today commonplace to claim that state borders are undergoing change. In the age of globalisation borders have acquired new characteristics that do not fit in with the traditional understanding of them. Many believe that this signifies a break away from the modern conception of state...

Is interpreting a legal text something different form understanding it? If this is the case, what does such a difference consist in? Is it a matter of semantic content of the text or does it depend on the communicative function of legal language? And if a straightforward line between...