English Law and Language
Author : Frances Russell
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 11,52 MB
Release : 1995
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780132804547
Language and Law
Author : Alan Durant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 35,17 MB
Release : 2017-05-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 131543623X
Book Description
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. Sections A, B, and C of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315436258
Legal English
Author : William Robert McKay
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 22,22 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781408226100
Book Description
'Legal English' will enable students to confidently write on and discuss legal topics as well as conduct legal work - such as drafting legal documentation, negotiating, litigating, advising, presenting, writing and acting as an advocate.
The Oxford Handbook of Language and Law
Author : Peter Meijes Tiersma
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 24,38 MB
Release : 2012-03-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0199572127
Book Description
This book provides a state-of-the-art account of past and current research in the interface between linguistics and law. It outlines the range of legal areas in which linguistics plays an increasing role and describes the tools and approaches used by linguists and lawyers in this vibrant new field. Through a combination of overview chapters, case studies, and theoretical descriptions, the volume addresses areas such as the history and structure of legal languages, its meaning and interpretation, multilingualism and language rights, courtroom discourse, forensic identification, intellectual property and linguistics, and legal translation and interpretation. Encyclopedic in scope, the handbook includes chapters written by experts from every continent who are familiar with linguistic issues that arise in diverse legal systems, including both civil and common law jurisdictions, mixed systems like that of China, and the emerging law of the European Union.
Legal Language
Author : Peter M. Tiersma
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 46,23 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226803036
Book Description
This history of legal language slices through the polysyllabic thicket of legalese. The text shows to what extent legalese is simply a product of its past and demonstrates that arcane vocabulary is not an inevitable feature of our legal system.
The Language of the Law
Author : David Mellinkoff
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 50,97 MB
Release : 2004-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1592446906
Book Description
This book tells what the language of the law is, how it got that way and how it works out in the practice. The emphasis is more historical than philosophical, more practical than pedantic.
Translation Issues in Language and Law
Author : F. Olsen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 15,25 MB
Release : 2009-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0230233740
Book Description
With contributions from world-class specialists this first book-length work looks at translation issues in forensic linguistics, where accuracy and cultural understandings play a prominent part in the legal process.
Language and Law
Author : Silvia Marino
Publisher : Springer
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 34,3 MB
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 3319909053
Book Description
The book provides an overview of EU competition law with a focus on the main developments in Italy, Spain, Greece, Poland and Croatia and offers an in-depth analysis of the role of language, translation and multilingualism in its implementation and interpretation. The first part of the book focuses on the main developments in EU competition law in action, which includes legislation, case law and praxis. This part can be divided into two subparts: the private enforcement of EU competition law, and the cooperation among enforcers, i.e. the EU Commission, the national competition authorities and the national courts. Language is of paramount importance in the enforcement of EU competition law, and as such, the second part highlights legal linguistic skills, showcasing the advantages and the challenges of multilingualism, especially in the context of the predominant use of English as the EU drafting and vehicular language. The volume brings together contributions prepared and presented as part of the EU-funded research project “Training Action for Legal Practitioners: Linguistic Skills and Translation in EU Competition Law".
The Magickal Language of the Book of the Law
Author : Cath Thompson
Publisher : Hadean Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 19,57 MB
Release : 2016-08-22
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781907881688
Book Description
This book is a full introduction to the English Qaballa, the system of initiatory magickal alpha-numeric correspondences revealed in the vocabulary of Liber AL vel Legis. The methods of E.Qaballistic working, and the most significant numeric symbols, are described in detail, and the unequivocal solution to AL II:76 is clearly explained. The effects of initiation by E.Q. and the reasons behind the Ordeal X are also dealt with. This book presents a genuinely consistent and coherent view of magickal reality underpinned by the integrity of pure numbers, and shows the reader how easily it may be attained.
Old English Legal Language
Author : J. R. Schwyter
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 25,30 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 8778381940
Book Description
This corpus-based study examines the lexical field of theft in the Anglo-Saxon law-codes and documents containing reports of lawsuits (charters, writs, and some chapters of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle). The individual Old English lexemes are analysed not only in terms of their meaning, collocation patterns, and Latin translations, but also, more unusually in a field-approach, with reference to their distribution over the various textual genres and the discourse strategies dominant in these. Although primarily linguistic in focus, a detailed description of the theft-offences and the wider context in which they occur should also be of interest to the historian.
