The interpretation game : how judges and lawyers make the law / Robert Benson.
2008
KF425 .B46 2008 (Map It)
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Author
Title
The interpretation game : how judges and lawyers make the law / Robert Benson.
Published
Durham, NC : Carolina Academic Press, [2008]
Copyright
©2008
Call Number
KF425 .B46 2008
ISBN
9781594605017 (alk. paper)
1594605017 (alk. paper)
1594605017 (alk. paper)
Description
xvii, 185 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)180852051
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface: The Book in a Nutshell
Pt. 1
The Theory of Legal Interpretation
Ch. 1
The Old Story
5
Ch. 2
The Modern Story
23
Ch. 3
The Postmodern Insight
67
Ch. 4
How Judges Fool Themselves
83
Pt. 2
The Practice
Ch. 5
How Statutes Get Their Meaning: The Speed Limit Laws
101
Ch. 6
How the Constitution Gets Its Meaning: Brown v. Board of Education
109
Ch. 7
How Case Precedents Get Their Meaning: Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad
129
Ch. 8
Post-Scripts
139
P.S. for Law Students
139
P.S. for Lawyers
140
P.S. for Judges
141
P.S. for Journalists
143
P.S. for Citizens
145
App
Brown v. Board of Education, Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad
147
Notes
161
Index
183