Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts by Antonin Scalia by Antonin Scalia

West Group, 0000-00-00. First Thus. hardcover. Used: Good.

West Group, 0000-00-00. First Thus. hardcover. Used:Good.

West Group, 2011. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Brand New! Usually ships within one business day! This item is: Scalia and Garner's Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts, Antonin Scalia; Bryan A Garner; 1st ed., 2012; '; ISBN: 9780314275554. For fastest delivery, choose Expedited Shipping. We represent the Internet's largest independent legal bookstore!

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West Group, 2011-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Textbook, May Have Highlights, Notes and/or Underlining, BOOK ONLYNO ACCESS CODE, NO CD, Ships with Emailed Tracking

West Group, 2012. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 608 pages. 9.50x6.90x2.50 inches.

MN: Thompson/West, 2012. Book. Illus. by Priscilla C. Houle. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. In this groundbreaking book, Scalia, with 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. What, exactly, is textualism? Why is strict construction a bad thing? What is the true doctrine of originalism? And which is more important: the spirit of the law, or the letter? The author writes with a well-argued point of… Read More