The second volume of this series on Legal Semiotics in the context of Legal
Education suggested in 2013, that Lawyers are Making Meaning . Do they? And if
that is indeed the case, do they create Meaning on the basis of their professional
skills and needs only, or do they create Meaning(s) thanks to a broader and deeper
insight into the philosophical dimensions of the Meaning concept? The fi rst possibility
seems to be the case in general, and the second may therefore be in need of
specifi c and more explicit attention. Not that there has never been previous consideration
of meaning in sciences, law and legal discourse or in philosophy. On the
contrary, the beginnings of the twentieth century provided far-reaching studies on
the concept, which were also specifi cally different from the vested views of the
seventeenth and eighteenth century characterizing the Anglo-Saxon dimensions of
Occidental philosophy. Most heavily profi led was the interest in signifi cs in London,
Amsterdam and other European centers and universities, focusing on the theoretical
dimensions of meaning and sign .