bel:

Telementation appears to refer to a 'fixed-code theory of language,' or one which would guarantee a fixed meaning of a given writing or utterance, according to unalterable rules. jheem seems not to buy it. Or?

With reference to law, there is a dense, lengthy and (perhaps) tempting article on the subject at http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/MToolan/languagemyth.htm