Reading law : the interpretation of legal texts

Type

Book

Authors

Scalia, Antonin

Garner, Bryan A.

ISBN 10

031427555X

ISBN 13

9780314275554

Tags

Jurisprudence, Judicial process, Philosophy, Statutes, Methodology, Interpretation and construction, United States, Law

Description

In this groundbreaking book, Scalia and Garner systematically explain all the most important principles of constitutional, statutory, and contractual interpretation in an engaging and informative style - with hundreds of illustrations from actual cases. Is a burrito a sandwich? Is a corporation entitled to personal privacy? If you trade a gun for drugs, are you "using a gun" in a drug transaction? The authors grapple with these and dozens of equally curious questions while explaining the most principled, lucid, and reliable techniques for deriving meaning from authoritative texts. Meanwhile, the book takes up some of the most controversial issues in modern jurisprudence. The authors write with a well-argued point of view that is definitive yet nuanced, straightforward yet sophisticated. - Publisher.

Biblio Notes

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-506) and index.

Introduction -- Sound principles of interpretation -- Thirteen falsities exposed -- Afterword.

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