Under the emerging void-for-vagueness doctrine, a law lacking precision can be declared invalid. In this, the first book published on the subject, Marc Ribeiro

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This book explores previously unexamined links between the arbitrary as articulated in linguistic theories on the one hand, and in political discourse about pow

This book explores previously unexamined links between the arbitrary as articulated in linguistic theories on the one hand, and in political discourse about pow