TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shuy,Roger W.
TI  - Fighting over words: language and civil law cases 
SN  - 9780199870165 (ebook) :
AV  - K213 
U1  - 340.14 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Law
KW  - Language
KW  - Interpretation and construction
KW  - Civil law
KW  - Cases
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Civil 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195328837.001.0001
ER  -