Fighting Over Words: Language and Civil Law Cases

by Roger W. Shuy

Most people fight over something or other and language is usually at the very center of the conflict. Often the way we use language is the cause of the battle. There are many areas in which fighting about language can be observed but civil law cases offer the most fertile examples of this
warfare over words. What did the contract actually say? Was there deception in the advertising? Was the warning label clear and effective? Did the company evidence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195328833
• ISBN13: 9780195328837
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.6"