Washington University Law Review

Article Title

When Worldviews Collide: Linguistic Theory Meets Legal Semantics in United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc.

Authors

Craig Hoffman, Georgetown University Law Center

Publication Title

Washington University Law Quarterly

Abstract

I would like to take a closer look here at how linguists and lawyers look at language (sentences) and how they build analyses in their own disciplines. I will then suggest how the more theoretical approach of linguists could be integrated with the more practical approach of lawyers.

Recommended Citation

Craig Hoffman, When Worldviews Collide: Linguistic Theory Meets Legal Semantics in United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc., 73 Wash. U. L. Q. 1215 (1995).
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