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Since many legal disputes are battles over the meaning of a statute, contract, testimony, or the Constitution, judges must interpret language in order to decide why one proposed meaning overrides another. And in making their decisions about meaning appear authoritative and fair, judges often write a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Solan, Lawrence, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1993.
Series:Language and legal discourse.
Subjects:
Judicial opinions > United States > Language.
Judges > United States > Language.
Law > United States > Language.
Judicial process > United States.
Semantics (Law)
Analysis (Philosophy)
Jugements > États-Unis > Langage.
Juges > États-Unis > Langage.
Droit > États-Unis > Langage.
Processus judiciaire > États-Unis.
Sémantique (Droit)
Philosophie analytique.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Judges > Language
Judicial opinions > Language
Judicial process
Law > Language
Rechtssprache
Rechtsphilosophie
Linguistik
Rechtstaal.
Interpretatie.
Droit > Langage.
United States
USA
Englisch.
Amerikanisches Englisch.
Law > Terminology
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Introduction: Judging Language; 1. Chomsky and Cardozo: Linguistics and the Law; 2. The Judge as Linguist; 3. Stacking the Deck; 4. When the Language Is Clear; 5. Too Much Precision; 6. Some Problems with Words: Trying to Understand the Constitution; 7. Why It Hasn't Gotten Any Better; Notes; Table of Cases; Index.

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