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Subject(s)

• Law—United States—Interpretation and construction [Browse]

Summary note

In 'Realms of Legal Interpretation', Kent Greenawalt focuses on how courts decide what is legally forbidden or authorized, and how context shapes their decisions. The problem, he argues, is that we do not, and never have, agreed on all the details of the standards United States judges should employ - like everyone else, judges have different ideas of what constitutes good common sense.

Notes

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 16, 2018).

Other title(s)

Oxford scholarship online.

ISBN

9780190902346 (ebook) :

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