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1 online resource (xii, 625 pages) |
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Current legal issues ; 2011, v. 15 |
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Current legal issues ; v. 15.
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| Contents |
Law and language : an introduction / Michael Freeman and Fiona Smith -- Legal texts and canons of construction : a view from current pragmatic theory / Robyn Carston -- Linguistic meaning and legal truth / Brian H. Bix -- Truth in law / Andrei Marmor -- Language, truth, and law / Andrew Halpin -- Claims of legal authorities and "expression of intention " : the limits of philosophy of language / Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco -- Legal pluralism : a systems theory approach to language, translation, and communication / Richard Nobles and David Schiff -- Frame semantics and the "internal point of view" / Steven L. Winter -- Hart as contextualist? Theories of interpretation in language and the law / Ross Charnock -- On goodness and genre : talking about virtue in law and literature / Jan-Melissa Schramm -- The Grin's cat : language, law, and literature / Sebastian McEvoy -- Reading and writing the law : Macaulay in India / Michael Hancher -- "Where be his quiddities now"? Law and language in Hamlet / Eric Heinze -- Stories in law : providing space for "oppositionists"? / Steven Cammiss -- Literal interpretation and English precedent in Joe Ma's Lawyer, lawyer / Marco Wan -- Toward a cognitive science of legal interpretation / Benjamin Shaer -- Do you kick a dog when it's down? Considering the use of children's video-recorded testimonies in court / June Luchjenbroers and Michelle Aldridge-Waddon -- The power of naming : surnames, children, and spouses / Jonathan Herring -- The role of language in legal contexts : a forensic cross-linguistic viewpoint / Luna Filipović -- Vagueness and power delegation in law : a rely to Sorensen / Hrafn Asgeirsson -- Plato's fertility clinic : status and identity rhetoric in parenthood disputes / David Gurnham -- Silence, speech, and the paradox of the right to remain silent in American police investigation / Janet Ainsworth -- The consumption of legal language : consuming the law / Anthony Amatrudo -- (Language + Law)² =? / Catrin Fflur Huws -- MMORPGing, law, and lingo / Kim Barker -- Constructing commercial contracts : no need for violence / Paul S. Davies -- Why are non-US contracts written in US legalese? Some preliminary thoughts and a research agenda / Claire A. Hill -- The role of parliamentary rhetoric in facilitating the racial effect of stop and search powers in Section 44 of the Terrorism Act of 2000 / Rachel Herron -- Precedent at the Court of Justice of the European Union : the linguistic aspect / Karen McAuliffe -- Law and language(s) at the heart of the European Project : educating different kinds of lawyers / Bénédicte Sage-Fuller, Ferdinand Prinz zur Lippe, and Seán Ó Conaill -- Foreign law in translation : if truth be told ... / Simone Glanert and Pierre Legrand -- First-person perspectives in legal decisions / Lorenz Kaehler -- Deaf people a the Old Bailey from the 18th century onwards / Bencie Woll and Christopher Stone -- Role of the root : proto-Indo-European domination of legal language / Gary Watt -- Necessary violence? Inscribing the subject of law / Penelope Pether |
| Summary |
'Law and Language' contains a broad range of essays by scholars interested in the interactions between law and language. This volume examines the themes of truth in language and the law, and the role of language in different areas of law, including contract and criminal law |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Law -- Language.
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LAW -- Essays.
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LAW -- General Practice.
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LAW -- Jurisprudence.
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LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism.
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LAW -- Practical Guides.
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LAW -- Reference.
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Law -- Language
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Rechtstaal.
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Congressen (vorm)
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Freeman, Michael D. A.
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Smith, Fiona (Fiona M)
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| ISBN |
0191751766 |
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9780191751769 |
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9780191654671 |
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0191654671 |
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