APPLYING GRICE'S THEORY OF IMPLICATURES IN THE ANALYSIS OF JUDICIAL CONTRACTS
judicial contracts; conversational implications; communication noises; pragmatics; social pacification.
Law, as an essential mechanism for organizing life in society, uses judicial contracts as specific instruments for social pacification. However, the freedom of the parties in contractual negotiations and the lack of technical standards in the drafting of clauses often compromise the achievement of the teleological purpose of these instruments. Instead of ensuring security and predictability, many contracts become the focus of litigation, motivated by vague, ambiguous or irrelevant statements, which make it difficult to interpret the will of the parties. These conflicts have resulted not only in an overload of the Judiciary, but also in financial and emotional losses to the parties involved. In view of this scenario, this project proposes a reflection on the application of the theory of conversational implicatures as a tool to identify and minimize communication noise in judicial contracts. Based on the analysis of clauses marked by consent contracts, we seek to demonstrate how the incorporation of pragmatic principles can contribute to greater clarity and communication effectiveness in contracts, reaffirming their pacifying role.