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• Title:Fighting over words : language and civil law cases / Roger W. Shuy.
  
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• Author/Creator:Shuy, Roger W.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K213 .S58 2008 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Law--Language.
  Law--Interpretation and construction.
  Civil law--Cases.
  
• Description:vii, 246 p. ; 25 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-242) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780195328837 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Pt. I. Business Contract Disputes
  Ch. 1. "Or" in a Group Insurance Policy: Peter Koehn v. Continental Casualty Company
  Ch. 2. Exclusive Marketing Services: Matrixx Marketing v. New Strategies Productions
  Ch. 3. Conditions of a Key Employee Agreement: EMC Corporation v. Jeffrey E. Allen
  Ch. 4. Interpreting State Code: State of Nevada v. Preferred Equities Corporation
  Pt. II. Deceptive Trade Practices
  Ch. 5. Competing Conveying System Advertisements: Dynamic Air v. Flexicon Corporation
  Ch. 6. Nicotine Patch Advertisements: The States of Arizona, California, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Texas v. CIBA-Geigy Corporation
  Ch. 7. Certificates of Deposit Advertisements: Harold Ackerman v. Royal Bank of Pennsylvania
  Pt. III. Product Liability
  Ch. 8. Brain Damage from a Cleaning Product: Pedro Lassera v. Magnaflux Corporation
  Ch. 9. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Eva Andrews et al. v. Adobe Trailer Sales, Fleetwood Enterprises, and Generac Corporation
  Ch. 10. Toxic Shock Syndrome from Tampons: Krystal H. Rinehart v. International Playtex
  Ch. 11. Toxic Gas in the Cockpit: Pro Form and National Insurance Company v. The Garrett Corporation
  Pt. IV. Copyright Infringement
  Ch. 12. Book Is Turned into a Pamphlet: St. Martin's Press and Robert Sikorsky v. Vickers Petroleum Corporation
  Pt. V. Discrimination
  Ch. 13. Racial Steering in Real Estate: HOME v. Havens Realty Corporation
  Ch. 14. Age Discrimination: Richard Hannye v. General Electric Company
  Ch. 15. Retaliatory Termination Discrimination: David E. Benekritis v. Renny Earl Johnson and the Darlington County School District
  Pt. VI. Trademarks
  Ch. 16. Ownership of the Words "Wood Roasted": Woodroast Systems v. Restaurants Unlimited
  Ch. 17. Battle over Antifreeze: Warren Distribution v. Prestone Products Corporation
  Pt. VII. Procurement Fraud
  Ch. 18. False Representation in a Government Contract: United States of America v. United Technologies Corporation
  Appendix. How Linguists Can Help in Corporate Civil Cases.