The language of judges / Lawrence M. Solan.
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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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1993. |
| Series: | Language and legal discourse.
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| Summary: | 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 about the nature of linguistic interpretation. In the first book to examine the linguistic analysis of law, Lawrence M. Solan shows that judges sometimes inaccurately portray the way we use language, creating inconsistencies in their decisions and threatening the fairness of the judicial system. Sola. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 218 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-209) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226767895 0226767892 9780226767901 0226767906 1282738518 9781282738515 9786612738517 6612738510 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |