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oapen-20.500.12657-485762023-12-19T14:42:45Z Language and Law Durant, Alan Leung, Janny H.C. English for law; English for specific purposes law; forensic linguistics; language and the law; legal English; legal genres bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CB Language: reference & general bic Book Industry Communication::L Law 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. 2021-05-12T09:25:13Z 2021-05-12T09:25:13Z 2017 book 9781315436258 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48576 eng Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781315436258 10.4324/9781315436258 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 24db474e-0e0b-460e-8425-9d4427493506 58c45529-20df-453d-a46d-9b6ddc934676 f0db9323-0a95-40f0-88f5-ff2786264ed5 33f8fa6d-734c-415c-bc71-57e291f35e6f f1225a21-1aa8-4fef-af4f-f537c920f78e 42cdc587-1bfc-44b6-9d2b-7d9b4de8e4b4 a5fca890-500c-434d-a193-d28d62c9c79a d135f488-a3d5-4e74-88e6-8286e705b207 46656239-8aa7-417a-8162-e05b72509113 d41e120e-c317-4af8-ac07-6bfcb9f8076f a850187d-3314-495c-8e5c-53851ff20427 2e0ba12d-7376-439e-8574-9353c8dda533 813531f3-7856-4b76-a72b-83fc8af54f33 9496e191-986b-4486-8826-0fbe541e96d9 5019add5-c4c2-4610-ba27-4a7511359bb8 b20458c2-92a4-43d4-b8f7-58edffcc27da 4cd82c33-7650-4487-b002-b149ad92c6db c1b83eb9-5c55-4a5f-9a2c-23a41e2ef08f 50575b35-1ebe-4ffb-a902-24c61e20cfa5 04325813-9b2e-4220-ab71-859c80b05645 0c9c68d8-3598-4b46-8fa0-604b8955058c 16ece326-d8a1-42ca-8157-37cb1884f8e6 d8f16bff-f814-46c5-9417-4edc8fde11ef f9d9c56c-d55b-41f4-8ce0-d40735b8d557 ce7e5f92-3be7-4bff-82a5-4fc9ac868816 7cc15c6d-aef9-4b1d-b652-a2e517894c5e dcc6f7e5-82b7-4fe8-97e6-921574f6fc0d 0946ff53-7450-48ae-80e2-90305dbdf8f1 9b852eb4-83d7-44fe-8e47-3e9091b878e6 d674c08f-dc04-4353-ad46-f1c6fb70036a 9781315436258 Routledge 256 open access
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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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