01345nam a2200301 a 4500 EDZ0000073317 StDuBDS 20150804193947.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 091013s2008 nyua fo 001 0 eng d 9780199870165 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS K213 340.14 22 Shuy, Roger W. Fighting over words [electronic resource] : language and civil law cases / Roger W. Shuy. New York : Oxford University Press, c2008. 1 online resource (vii, 246 p.) : ill. 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. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Law Language. Law Interpretation and construction. Civil law Cases. Print version 9780195328837 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195328837.001.0001 38514 38514