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Legal Interpretation via Dictionaries and Corpora: Can Judges Pass Lexicography 101?
Published on Jul 27, 2018503 Views
Appellate court judges in the U.S., including those on the Supreme Court, increasingly cite definitions from general dictionaries in their written opinions addressing issues that litigants have appea
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Legal Interpretation via Dictionaries and Corpora Can Judges Pass Lexicography 101?00:00
Presentation outline02:09
Lexicography in Global Contexts - 102:55
Lexicography in Global Contexts - 202:56
Lexicography in Global Contexts - 304:06
Types of Use 05:26
Functions of Dictionary Use by SCOTUS - 107:37
Figure 1. Proportion of Majority Opinions Using Dictionary13:39
Functions of Dictionary Use by SCOTUS - 213:39
Functions of Dictionary Use by SCOTUS - 415:17
Functions of Dictionary Use by SCOTUS - 515:56
General criticisms of judges’ dictionary use - 121:52
General criticisms of judges’ dictionary use - 221:53
General criticisms of judges’ dictionary use - 323:40
General criticisms of judges’ dictionary use - 425:55
General criticisms of judges’ dictionary use - 528:33
General criticisms of judges’ dictionary use - 629:09
General criticisms of judges’ dictionary use - 732:51
Costello: Posner’s Google Search Results - 135:52
Costello: Posner’s Google Search Results - 237:18
Justice Thomas Lee Sells the Idea of CL - 137:30
Justice Thomas Lee Sells the Idea of CL - 242:53
Turn to Google News - 143:12
Turn to Google News - 243:35
Justice Lee Turns to COCA43:58
Justice Lee Concludes - 145:09
Justice Lee Concludes - 245:45
Intuition > Dictionaries > Corpora49:05
Are judges failing Lexicography 101?49:31
Tentative recommendations - 150:00
Tentative recommendations - 251:27
Tentative recommendations - 351:32
Thank you for your attention51:41