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Tanaka Criminal Law Casebook

How to Interpret Statutes - Or Not: Plain Meaning and Other Phantoms

How to Interpret Statutes - Or Not: Plain Meaning and Other Phantoms

Read Section I (pp321-324).

Skim Section II (pp325-339) (at least read the subheaders and first paragraph of each subheader).

Read the first paragraph of Section III and skim the rest (pp339-345).

Read Section IV (pp345-346).