Lawyers' Language : The Distinctiveness of Legal Language
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0700716882
ISBN-13
9780700716883
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 12th, 2002
Print length
200 Pages
Weight
406 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 22.50 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Semantics, discourse analysis, etcLegal system: general
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An interesting examination of law as language use or discourse, this study looks at the transformation of ordinary language into a special discourse for the purposes of the legal system.
An interesting examination of law as language use or discourse, this study looks at the transformation of ordinary language into a special discourse for the purposes of the legal system. It is widely accepted that legal discourse is obscure, and often the public resent the fact that access to the law of the land is obstructed by the opaqueness of legal language. This book argues that the development and maintenance of law''s special language can be justified. The myth that law can be written in either plain'' or ordinary'' language is exploded, and the linguistic obscurity of law is traced to its necessary complexity. The notion of representation is applied to the relation that exists between legal language and ordinary language.
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