LEGAL TEXTS AND THE INFLUENCE OF CLASSICAL HERMENEUTICS ON THEIR INTERPRETATION

Abstract

textual analysis is anchored in the interpretive process of understanding. It is crucial to interpret texts accurately, ensuring that their meaning reflects the intended legal or philosophical context. This is especially true for legal texts, which carry an inherent responsibility to uphold justice, making precise interpretation all the more important. Achieving such understanding necessitates the use of hermeneutics, which provides systematic tools for interpreting texts broadly and legal texts specifically. Hermeneutics is generally categorized into classical hermeneutics and philosophical hermeneutics. This article explores classical hermeneutics, its various forms, the philosophers who established and advanced it, and how it facilitates the interpretation of legal texts, with particular emphasis on Iranian law.