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The Vocabulary of a Unified Theory of a Law

Module by: John Bosco. E-mail the author
In the chapters about RECOGNITION, INTRUSION and FORMATION, a vocabulary was introduced with which we can talk about the opinion of a lawmaker at the three stages of the lawmaking process. Strikingly, the number of linguistic devices needed to externalize the opinion of a lawmaker and communicate it to the citizenry is few. There are a mere six (6) linguistic devices, two (2) of which are sentences and four (4) of which are words:
  • a command,
  • a permission,
  • a duty,
  • a privilege,
  • a right, and
  • a no-right,
These six linguistic devices used with the two polarities of conduct are all that is needed to talk about the process of making a law.
A Source doing conduct gets transported from the factual world to the legal world when a Lawmaker binds a command to the Source with a duty or when a Lawmaker binds a permission to the Source with a privilege.
A Recipient receiving conduct gets transported from the factual world to the legal world when a Lawmaker binds a command to the Recipient with a right or when a Lawmaker binds a permission to the Recipient with a no-right.
A word of warning: Do not confuse the vocabulary of a law with the opinion of a Lawmaker. They are different. The vocabulary of a law are the linguistic devices that a lawmaker uses to externalize her opinion and communicate it to the citizenry. The Vocabulary of a law is not the opinion itself.

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