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Publication details [#55453]
Hobbs, Pamela. 2011. Defining the law: (Mis)using the dictionary to decide cases. Discourse Studies 13 (3) : 327–347. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
SAGE Publications
Journal WWW
Annotation
By comparing two cases in which the US Supreme Court employed dictionary definitions, to a third case, in which the employed definition was comprised in the statute itself, this study shows that the common meaning of legal terms cannot be established by dictionary definitions.