Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts.

SCALIA, Antonin & Bryan A. Garner.

Item Number: 131727

St. Paul, MN : Thomson/ West, 2012.

First edition of this work, which offers concise, articulate and reasoned discussions on reading and interpreting law. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Antonin Scalia and co-author Bryan A. Garner on the half-title page. Additionally inscribed by Garner, “To Jon Bauman, with respect and admiration and good wishes always, Bryan Garner Dallas 3 July 2013.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Frank H. Easterbrook.

In this groundbreaking book by best-selling authors Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan A. Garner, all the most important principles of constitutional, statutory, and contractual interpretation are systematically explained in an engaging and informative style-including several hundred illustrations from actual cases.