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020 _a9780199870165 (ebook) :
_cNo price
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050 4 _aK213
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100 1 _aShuy, Roger W.
245 1 0 _aFighting over words
_h[electronic resource] :
_blanguage and civil law cases /
_cRoger W. Shuy.
260 _aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_cc2008.
300 _a1 online resource (vii, 246 p.) :
_bill.
520 8 _aCivil law cases offer many examples of language being at the center of human conflict. Contract disputes, truth in advertising, product warning labels, plagiarism, etc. often boil down to a matter of language - its meaning and usage. This book analyzes 18 civil cases in which language framed the battleground.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aLaw
_xLanguage.
650 0 _aLaw
_xInterpretation and construction.
650 0 _aCivil law
_vCases.
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780195328837
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195328837.001.0001
999 _c38514
_d38514