The interpretation game : how judges and lawyers make the law /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benson, Robert W., 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, NC : Carolina Academic Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The old story
  • The modern story
  • The postmodern insight
  • How judges fool themselves
  • How statutes get their meaning : the speed limit laws
  • How the constitution gets its meaning : Brown v. Board of Education
  • How case precedents get their meaning : Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad
  • Post-scripts.