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Language and Law: A resource book for students

Language and Law: A resource book for students

Durant, Alan
Leung, Janny Hc

Paperback

Series: Routledge English Language Introductions

LinguisticsGeneral Law

ISBN10: 1138025577
ISBN13: 9781138025578
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 10 2016
Pages: 258
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.90 Depth: 9.70
Language: English

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.

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