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A Fragment on Shall and May

Nora Rotter Tillman
Seth Barrett Tillman

Abstract

This short paper has some comments on the Constitution's use of the verbs shall and may (and will). We suggest the dominant view needs to be reexamined. [June 9, 2009]

Suggested Citation

Nora Rotter Tillman & Seth Barrett Tillman, A Fragment on Shall and May (working paper 2008), available at http://works.bepress.com/seth_barrett_tillman/21/, also available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1029001.