The Language of Judges

by Lawrence M. Solan

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226767914
• ISBN13: 9780226767918
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"