Law and language in the Middle Ages

Law and language in the Middle Ages

by Benham, Jenny McHaffie, Matthew, (Matthew W.) Vogt, Helle

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"Law and Language in the Middle Ages' investigates the encounter between law and legal practice from the linguistic perspective. The essays explore how legal language expresses and advances power relations, along with the ways in which the language of law legitimates power. The wide geographical and chronological scope showcases how power, legitimacy and language interact, moving the discussion beyond traditional issues of identity or the formation of nation-states and their institutions. What …

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  • Full title :Law and language in the Middle Ages / edited by Jenny Benham, Matthew McHaffie and Helle Vogt.

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"Law and Language in the Middle Ages' investigates the encounter between law and legal practice from the linguistic perspective. The essays explore how legal language expresses and advances power relations, along with the ways in which the language of law legitimates power. The wide geographical and chronological scope showcases how power, legitimacy and language interact, moving the discussion beyond traditional issues of identity or the formation of nation-states and their institutions. What emerges are different strategies reflective of the diverse and pluralistic political, legal, and cultural worlds of the Middle Ages"--Back cover.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2018

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Place of Publication:Leiden
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2018

The Physical Object

  • Description:viii, 308 pages : : color illustrations, map ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9789004342675, 9004342672
  • oclc:on1038034430
  • LC Classification:K213
  • Dewey Decimal:340/.14

Subjects

Droit -- Histoire. -- Europe Droit médiéval Europa Europe History Law Law -- History. -- Europe Law -- Language Law, Medieval Recht Rechtssprache

Writers

Benham, Jenny McHaffie, Matthew, (Matthew W.) Vogt, Helle

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