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LANGUAGE AND LAW IBD

ROUTLEDGE
03 / 2016
9781138025578
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Sinopsis

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 fromádifferent parts ofáthe world,áillustrating the varieties ofáEnglish used in the courtroom by speakersáoccupying 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, andprovides 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.áSectionsáA, B, and Cáof this bookáare 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

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88,14