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    Language and Law

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    A resource book for students

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    Durant, Alan
    Leung, Janny H.C.
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    Language plays an essential role both in creating law and in governing its implementation. Providing an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this subject, Language and Law:describes the different registers and genres that make up spoken and written legal language and how they develop over time; analyses real-life examples drawn from court cases from different parts of the world, illustrating the varieties of English used in the courtroom by speakers occupying different roles; addresses the challenges presented to our notions of law and regulation by online communication; discusses the complex role of translation in bilingual and multilingual jurisdictions, including Hong Kong and Canada; and provides readings from key scholars in the discipline, including Lawrence Solan, Peter Goodrich, Marianne Constable, David Mellinkoff, and Chris Heffer. With a wide range of activities throughout, this accessible textbook is essential reading for anyone studying language and law or forensic linguistics.
    URI
    https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48576
    Keywords
    English for law; English for specific purposes law; forensic linguistics; language and the law; legal English; legal genres; Textbook
    DOI
    10.4324/9781315436258
    ISBN
    9781315436258
    Publisher
    Taylor & Francis
    Publisher website
    https://taylorandfrancis.com/
    Publication date and place
    2017
    Imprint
    Routledge
    Classification
    Language: reference & general
    Law
    Language: reference and general
    Law
    Pages
    256
    Chapters in this book
    • Chapter A1 ‘Legal Language’ as a Linguistic Variety
    • Chapter A2 Historical Development of Legal English
    • Chapter A3 Legal Genres
    • Chapter A4 Participant Roles and Speech Styles
    • Chapter A5 Persuasion in Court
    • Chapter A6 Interpreting Legislative Texts
    • Chapter A7 The Vocabulary of Legal Power
    • Chapter A8 Regulation of Language Use
    • Chapter A9 Forensic Evidence
    • Chapter A10 Legal Order and Linguistic Diversity
    • Chapter B1 Linguistic Features of Legal Language
    • Chapter B2 Functions of Legal Language
    • Chapter B3 Genre Analysis of Legal Discourse
    • Chapter B4 Speech in the Courtroom
    • Chapter B5 Linguistic Strategies Used by Lawyers
    • Chapter B6 Pragmatics and Legal Interpretation
    • Chapter B7 Legal Speech Acts
    • Chapter B8 Disputing ‘Ordinary Language’
    • Chapter B9 Techniques in Forensic Linguistics
    • Chapter B10 Bilingual and Multilingual Legal Systems
    • Chapter C1 Perception of Legal Language
    • Chapter C2 Reforming Legal Language
    • Chapter C3 Reading a Statute
    • Chapter C4 Restricted Verbal Interaction in Court
    • Chapter C5 Techniques in Legal Advocacy
    • Chapter C6 Deciding Legal Meaning
    • Chapter C7 Spoken and Written Performatives
    • Chapter C8 Misleading Language in Adverts
    • Chapter C9 Language Data as Evidence
    • Chapter C10 Same Law, Different Texts
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    • If not noted otherwise all contents are available under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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