Researching Language and the Law: Textual Features and Translation Issues Contributor(s): Gotti, Maurizio (Editor), Giannoni, Davide Simone (Editor), Frade, Celina (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3034304439 ISBN-13: 9783034304436 Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P OUR PRICE: $120.08 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Law | Civil Procedure - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: 340.14 |
LCCN: 2010019498 |
Series: Linguistic Insights |
Physical Information: 278 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This volume reflects the latest work of scholars specialising in the linguistic and legal aspects of normative texts across languages (English, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish) and law systems. Like other domains of specialised language use, legal discourse is subject to the converging pressures of internationalisation and of emerging practices that destabilise well-established norms and routines. In an integrated, interdependent context, supranational laws, rules and procedures are gradually developed and harmonised to regulate issues that can no longer be dealt with by national laws alone, as in the case of the European Union. The contributors discuss the impact of such developments on the construction, evolution and hybridisation of legal texts, analysed both linguistically and from the practitioner's standpoint. |