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John Griffiths, "Legal Knowledge and the Social Working of Law: the Case of Euthanasia", in Hanneke van Schooten, ed., Semiotics and Legislation. Jurisprudential, Institutional and Sociological Perspectives, 81-108: The theory of the 'social working of law' concentrates on the specific circumstances of the actor whose behavior is the subject of legal regulation: the 'shop floor' of social behavior. Among these are the actor's legal knowledge. So far, the problem of legal knowledge has been approached as one of defects in the system of transmission of legal information. However, both semiotic theory and empirical research (concerning the regulation of medical behavior that shortens life) indicate that the 'shop floor' may sometimes constitute a semiotic group for whom the meanings of key legal concepts such as causation and intention systematically differ from the meanings contemplated by the legislator. e-mail: J.Griffiths@rechten.rug.nl

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