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A Fragment on Shall and May

Nora Tillman
affiliation not provided to SSRN

Seth Barrett Tillman
United States District Court, NJ


November 10, 2007


Abstract:     
This short paper has some comments on the Constitution's use of the verbs shall and may (and will). I suggest the dominant view needs to be reexamined.

Keywords: shall, may, will, Constitution, Anglo-English, American-English, Madison

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Date posted: November 12, 2007 ; Last revised: February 22, 2008

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Tillman, Nora and Tillman, Seth Barrett, A Fragment on Shall and May (November 10, 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1029001


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Nora Tillman (Contact Author)
affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )
No Address Available
Seth Barrett Tillman
United States District Court, NJ ( email )
Martin Luther King Building
50 Walnut Street; room (4th floor)
Newark, NJ 07101
United States
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