Misleading Cases Author:Alan R. White This book argues that, in respect to several key concepts, the courts have arrived at mistaken decisions and handed down bad judgments about the nature of such concepts. These concepts are expressed by words which the courts explicitly hold are "ordinary words of the English language" to be taken in their ordinary sense. They include such concep... more »ts as meaning, attempt, intention, knowledge, awareness, recklessness, dishonesty, duress, privacy, truth, and belief. It also argues that the mistaken meanings of words expressed in these concepts are based on purely conceptual errors and that, therefore, they are embodied in "misleading cases."« less