Chapter A6 Interpreting Legislative Texts
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 ti...
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| 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-696262025-03-04T09:47:59Z Chapter A6 Interpreting Legislative Texts Durant, Alan Leung, Janny H.C. English for law English for specific purposes law forensic linguistics language and the law legal English legal genres Textbook thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CB Language: reference and general thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFB Sociolinguistics thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAR Legal aspects of criminology thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAS Legal skills and practice bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CB Language: reference & general bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics::CFB Sociolinguistics bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LA Jurisprudence & general issues bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LA Jurisprudence & general issues::LAR Criminology: legal aspects bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LA Jurisprudence & general issues::LAS Legal skills & practice 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. 2021-05-13T02:00:50Z 2021-05-13T02:00:50Z 2021-05-12T08:54:29Z 2016 chapter ONIX_20210512_9781138025585_7 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48551 9781138025585 9781138025578 9781315436258 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/69626 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48551/1/9781315436258_oachapterA6.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48551/1/9781315436258_oachapterA6.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781315436258-7 10.4324/9781315436258-7 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Language and Law 9781138025585 9781138025578 9781315436258 Routledge 7 open access |
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