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Statutory Interpretation: Core Meaning And Marginal Uncertainty, Reed Dickerson
Statutory Interpretation: Core Meaning And Marginal Uncertainty, Reed Dickerson
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The Diseases Of Legislative Language, Reed Dickerson
The Diseases Of Legislative Language, Reed Dickerson
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In this article Professor Dickerson examines some of the most basic problems facing the legislative draftsman in his attempt to obtain clarity in statutes. He discusses the "diseases" of ambiguity, over-vagueness, over-precision, over- and under-generality and obesity, and distinguishes them from useful devices with which they are often confused.