"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 ...
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"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"--Provided by publisher.
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Add this copy of Reading Law: the Interpretation of Legal Texts to cart. $36.34, good condition, Sold by GREEN STREET BOOKS rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Jose, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by West Publishing Company.
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As New in As New jacket. Signed by Author(s) Signed by the author Antonin Scalia on the half title page. Not inscribed. This book is rare in an uninscribed copy. The book and jacket are in as new condition. First Edition, First Printing.
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First edition of this work, which offers concise, articulate and reasoned discussions on reading and interpreting law. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Antonin Scalia on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Frank H. Easterbrook. In this groundbreaking book by best-selling authors Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan A. Garner, all the most important principles of constitutional, statutory, and contractual interpretation are systematically explained in an engaging and informative style-including several hundred illustrations from actual cases.
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First edition of this work, which offers concise, articulate and reasoned discussions on reading and interpreting law. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by both Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Frank H. Easterbrook. In this groundbreaking book by best-selling authors Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan A. Garner, all the most important principles of constitutional, statutory, and contractual interpretation are systematically explained in an engaging and informative style-including several hundred illustrations from actual cases.
This is an interesting book that is useful for some things and not for others. It provides a good introduction to the definitions of words and concepts that are part of legal interpretation. It is also a very good introduction to the legal practices and beliefs of very conservative judges such as Justice Scalia. However, as an introduction to the full scope of judicial (especially constitutional) practice, it is very narrow and does not provide much insight into the way in which most judges interpret and have interpreted law for the past 50 years. If there was a rating category "halfway between yes and no above, that is what I woujld select.
