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Dictionaries - English, Law, and Others

Finding general English language, legal, and other dictionaries in Stanford Libraries.

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Several articles have been written about the usage of dictionaries. We have listed some below for your reference.

Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier and Samuel A. Thumma, Scaling the Lexicon Fortress: The United States Supreme Court’s Use of Dictionaries in the Twenty-First Century, 94 Marq. L. Rev. 77 (2010).

Antonin Scalio & Bryan A. Garner, A Note on the Use of Dictionaries, 16 GREEN BAG 419, 427 (2013).
Gregory E. Maggs, A Concise Guide to Using Dictionaries from the Founding Era to Determine the Original Meaning of the Constitution, 82 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 358-93 (2014).

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