Author: ANTONIN SCALIA; BRYAN A. GARNER
Title: Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts
Description: MN, Thompson/West. 2012, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9780314275554). Hardcover. Ill.: Priscilla C. Houle. Book, 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 view that is definitive yet nuanced, straightforward yet sophisticated. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author(s).

Keywords: 9780314275554 Priscilla C. Houle