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Why Laws Work Pretty Well, but Not Great: Words and Rules in Legal Interpretation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2018

Lawrence M. Solan
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Law & Social Inquiry , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , Winter 2001 , pp. 243 - 270
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Copyright © American Bar Foundation, 2001 

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