LEADER 03815nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910785408803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-05857-X 010 $a9786613058577 010 $a0-226-76798-1 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226767987 035 $a(CKB)2670000000066712 035 $a(EBL)648151 035 $a(OCoLC)695993888 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000470781 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12184988 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470781 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10416685 035 $a(PQKB)10907614 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122556 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC648151 035 $a(DE-B1597)523628 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226767987 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL648151 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10438628 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL305857 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000066712 100 $a20100209d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe language of statutes$b[electronic resource] $elaws and their interpretation /$fLawrence M. Solan 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (300 p.) 225 1 $aThe Chicago series in law and society 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-76796-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLaws and judges -- Why we need to interpret statutes -- Definitions, ordinary meaning, and respect for the legislature -- The intent of the legislature -- Stability, dynamism, and other values -- Who should interpret statutes? -- Jurors as statutory interpreters -- Legislatures, judges, and statutory interpretation. 330 $aPulling the rug out from debates about interpretation, The Language of Statutes joins together learning from law, linguistics, and cognitive science to illuminate the fundamental issues and problems in this highly contested area. Here, Lawrence M. Solan argues that statutory interpretation is alive, well, and not in need of the major overhaul that many have suggested. Rather, he suggests, the majority of people understand their rights and obligations most of the time, with difficult cases occurring in circumstances that we can predict from understanding when our minds do not work in a lawlike way. Solan explains that these cases arise because of the gap between our inability to write crisp yet flexible laws on one hand and the ways in which our cognitive and linguistic faculties are structured on the other. Making our lives easier and more efficient, we're predisposed to absorb new situations into categories we have previously formed-but in the legislative and judicial realms this can present major difficulties. Solan provides an excellent introduction to statutory interpretation, rejecting the extreme arguments that judges have either too much or too little leeway, and explaining how and why a certain number of interpretive problems are simply inevitable. 410 0$aChicago series in law and society. 606 $aLaw$xInterpretation and construction 610 $alaws, legal, litigation, courtroom, interpretation, linguistics, law school, academic, scholarly, textbook, higher ed, educational, debate, cognitive, science, scientific, behavior, interdisciplinary, controversial, rights, legislative, judicial, meaning, definitions, interpreter, statuatory, juror, case study, research, lawyer, professional. 615 0$aLaw$xInterpretation and construction. 676 $a348/.02 700 $aSolan$b Lawrence$f1952-$01515021 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785408803321 996 $aThe language of statutes$93750536 997 $aUNINA