| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 218 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Language and legal discourse
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Language and legal discourse.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-209) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Judicial opinions -- United States -- Language.
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Judicial opinions. |
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United States. |
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Judges -- United States -- Language.
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Judges. |
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Law -- United States -- Language.
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Law. |
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Judicial process -- United States.
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Judicial process. |
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Semantics (Law)
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Semantics (Law) |
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Analysis (Philosophy)
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Analysis (Philosophy) |
| Indexed Term |
Law Terminology |
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United States |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Law. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Solan, Lawrence, 1952- Language of judges. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1993 9780226767901 (DLC) 92028628 (OCoLC)26396877 |
| ISBN |
9780226767895 (electronic book) |
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0226767892 (electronic book) |
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9780226767901 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226767906 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226767906 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226767914 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780226767918 |
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