This panel will assess the relevance and promise of
corpus linguistics as an objective method to determine legal meaning. The
keynote speaker, Justice Thomas Lee, is a sitting state supreme court judge who
co-authored a Yale Law Journal article
that makes the case for corpus analysis. Four papers will be presented in
response, drawn from submissions to a call for papers. The presenters are law
professors and professors of linguistics, each with a different perspective on
the question. The panel will reserve sufficient time for robust dialogue with
the audience.
A virtual business meeting was held prior to the Annual Meeting.