TY  - BOOK
AU  - Solan,Lawrence
TI  - The language of judges
T2  - Language and legal discourse
SN  - 9780226767895 (electronic bk.)
AV  - KF8775 .S65 1993eb
U1  - 349.73/014 22
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Judicial opinions
KW  - United States
KW  - Language
KW  - Judges
KW  - Law
KW  - Judicial process
KW  - Semantics (Law)
KW  - Analysis (Philosophy)
KW  - LAW
KW  - Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Rechtstaal
KW  - gtt
KW  - Interpretatie
KW  - Droit
KW  - Langage
KW  - ram
KW  - Rechtssprache
KW  - swd
KW  - Rechtsphilosophie
KW  - Linguistik
KW  - Englisch
KW  - Amerikanisches Englisch
KW  - USA
KW  - Terminology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-209) and index; 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
N2  - 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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