TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scalia,Antonin
AU  - Garner,Bryan A.
TI  - Reading law: the interpretation of legal texts 
SN  - 9780314275554
AV  - K290 .S28 2012
U1  - 342.73 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - St. Paul, MN
PB  - Thomson/West
KW  - Law
KW  - Interpretation and construction
KW  - Judicial process
KW  - United States
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Statutes
KW  - Jurisprudence
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-506) and index; Introduction --; Sound principles of interpretation --; Thirteen falsities exposed --; Afterword
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy13pdf01/2012471126.html
ER  -