01345nam a2200301 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050000900173082001500182100001900197245009700216260004900313300004400362520031500406588004700721504005100768650001900819650004200838650002200880776003300902856009100935999001701026EDZ0000073317StDuBDS20150804193947.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||091013s2008    nyua   fo     001 0 eng d  a9780199870165 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 4aK21304a340.142221 aShuy, Roger W.10aFighting over wordsh[electronic resource] :blanguage and civil law cases /cRoger W. Shuy.  aNew York :bOxford University Press,cc2008.  a1 online resource (vii, 246 p.) :bill.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.  aDescription based on print version record.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 0aLawxLanguage. 0aLawxInterpretation and construction. 0aCivil lawvCases.08iPrint versionz9780195328837403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195328837.001.0001  c38514d38514