Preface: The Book in a Nutshell | |
The Theory of Legal Interpretation | |
The Old Story | p. 5 |
The Modern Story | p. 23 |
The Postmodern Insight | p. 67 |
How Judges Fool Themselves | p. 83 |
The Practice | |
How Statutes Get Their Meaning: The Speed Limit Laws | p. 101 |
How the Constitution Gets Its Meaning: Brown v. Board of Education | p. 109 |
How Case Precedents Get Their Meaning: Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad | p. 129 |
Post-Scripts | p. 139 |
P.S. for Law Students | p. 139 |
P.S. for Lawyers | p. 140 |
P.S. for Judges | p. 141 |
P.S. for Journalists | p. 143 |
P.S. for Citizens | p. 145 |
Brown v. Board of Education, Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad | p. 147 |
Notes | p. 161 |
Index | p. 183 |
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