How Long to Read The Language of Judges

How Long Does it Take to Read The Language of Judges?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 51 minutes to read The Language of Judges by Lawrence M. Solan

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Since many legal disputes are battles over the meaning of a statute, contract, testimony, or the Constitution, judges must interpret language in order to decide why one proposed meaning overrides another. And in making their decisions about meaning appear authoritative and fair, judges often write about the nature of linguistic interpretation. In the first book to examine the linguistic analysis of law, Lawrence M. Solan shows that judges sometimes inaccurately portray the way we use language, creating inconsistencies in their decisions and threatening the fairness of the judicial system. Solan uses a wealth of examples to illustrate the way linguistics enters the process of judicial decision making: a death penalty case that the Supreme Court decided by analyzing the use of adjectives in a jury instruction; criminal cases whose outcomes depend on the Supreme Court's analysis of the relationship between adverbs and prepositional phrases; and cases focused on the meaning of certain words in the Constitution. Solan finds that judges often describe our use of language poorly because there is no clear relationship between the principles of linguistics and the jurisprudential goals that the judge wishes to promote. A major contribution to the growing interdisciplinary scholarship on law and its social and cultural context, Solan's lucid, engaging book is equally accessible to linguists, lawyers, philosophers, anthropologists, literary theorists, and political scientists.

How long is The Language of Judges?

The Language of Judges by Lawrence M. Solan is 231 pages long, and a total of 57,981 words.

This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Language of Judges Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 16 minutes to read The Language of Judges aloud.

What Reading Level is The Language of Judges?

The Language of Judges is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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