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Author Scalia, Antonin, 1936-2016.

Title Reading law : the interpretation of legal texts / Antonin Scalia & Bryan A. Garner.

Publication Info. St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, [2012]
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  340 SCALIA    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  342.73 SCA    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  342.73 SC    Check Shelf
Description xxx, 567 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-506) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Sound principles of interpretation -- Thirteen falsities exposed -- Afterword.
Summary 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.
Subject Law -- Interpretation and construction.
Judicial process -- United States.
Law -- Philosophy.
Statutes -- United States.
Jurisprudence.
Law -- Methodology.
Added Author Garner, Bryan A.
ISBN 031427555X
9780314275554
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