Law and language

by Freeman, Michael D. A. Smith, Fiona, (Fiona M)

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'Law and Language' contains a broad range of essays by scholars interested in the interactions between law and language. This volume examines the themes of truth in language and the law, and the role of language in different areas of law, including contract and criminal law.

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Full title :Law and language / edited by Michael Freeman and Fiona Smith.

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Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

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Description:1 online resource (xii, 625 pages)

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ISBN:0191751766, 9780191751769, 9780191654671, 0191654671
oclc:ocn847125476
LC Classification:K213
Dewey Decimal:340.14

Law and language : an introduction / Michael Freeman and Fiona Smith -- Legal texts and canons of construction : a view from current pragmatic theory / Robyn Carston -- Linguistic meaning and legal truth / Brian H. Bix -- Truth in law / Andrei Marmor -- Language, truth, and law / Andrew Halpin -- Claims of legal authorities and "expression of intention " : the limits of philosophy of language / Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco -- Legal pluralism : a systems theory approach to language, translation, and communication / Richard Nobles and David Schiff -- Frame semantics and the "internal point of view" / Steven L. Winter -- Hart as contextualist? Theories of interpretation in language and the law / Ross Charnock -- On goodness and genre : talking about virtue in law and literature / Jan-Melissa Schramm -- The Grin's cat : language, law, and literature / Sebastian McEvoy -- Reading and writing the law : Macaulay in India / Michael Hancher -- "Where be his quiddities now"? Law and language in Hamlet / Eric Heinze -- Stories in law : providing space for "oppositionists"? / Steven Cammiss -- Literal interpretation and English precedent in Joe Ma's Lawyer, lawyer / Marco Wan -- Toward a cogniti…

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Actes de congrès Conference papers and proceedings Congressen (vorm) LAW -- Essays LAW -- General Practice LAW -- Jurisprudence Law -- Language LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism LAW -- Practical Guides LAW -- Reference Rechtstaal