Fighting over Words (repost)

• Fighting over Words
• Oxford University Press, USA | January 29, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0195328833 | 256 pages | PDF | 1.1 Mb
• Most people fight over something or other and language is usually at the very center of the conflict. Often the way we use language is the cause of the battle. There are many areas in which fighting about language can be observed but civil law cases offer the most fertile examples of this warfare over words. What did the contract actually say? Was there deception in the advertising? Was the warning label clear and effective? Did the company evidence race or age discrimination against employees or customers? Was one company's name too similar to that of another company? Did the corporation plagiarize the work of another? Did it fraudulently represent what its work?
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