Pomobabble: postmodern newspeak and constitutional "meaning" for the uninitiated. From: Michigan Law Review | Date: December 1, 1997| Author: Arrow, Dennis W. | COPYRIGHT 1997 Michigan Law Review Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The constitutional meaning of language in postmodern times can be characterized by reference to George Orwell's term 'newspeak.' The language of legal postmodernism is presented by example.

Newspeak was the official language of Oceania .... In the year 1984 there was not as yet anyone who used Newspeak as his sole means of communication, either in speech or writing. The leading articles in the Times were written in it, but this was a tour de force which could only be carried ou...

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