NYU Law Journal of Law and Liberty Spring 2011 Symposium: Keynote Speaker, Professor Richard Epstein

"Plain Meaning Mostly, Right Mostly: A Modest Theory of Interpretivism"

This talk addressed the attitudes toward interpretation that should be taken with constitutional, statutory and contractual materials and argue that the underlying linguistic problems should drive the analysis, and that efforts to tailor rules of interpretation to institutional settings may be useful dramatic flourishes, but in the end only detract for understanding how and why language works.

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[richardcadbury]

Richard Epstein > The entire panel put together

[Bluedybluedyblue]

Very intellectually-stimulating conference. Most interesting especially was the unorthodox words of Mr. Kinsella. Practically speaking, he doesn't come off so convincing; but logically, his arguments are the most sound. I'd welcome more interviews with him.