Emphasizing the elements of plain English style, this concise guide helps law students and attorneys to simplify and improve their legal writing. Sample topics include omitting surplus words; putting modifying words close to what they modify; and avoiding sexist language. Each l…
Comparative law and its importance in legal translation -- Legal families and traditions -- Italy / Angela Carpi -- France -- Spain -- Germany / Rafael Zambrana -- England and Wales -- The United States -- Ireland -- Training legal translators -- A didactic approach
"This book is an investigation into the methods, decisions, and theoretical perspectives that underpin the creation and writing of an all-encompassing legal code, the Siete Partidas (Seven Parts), although it is not an exhaustive study of that code. It is, rather, an examination…
This volume presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of major developments in the study of how phraseology is used in a wide range of different legal and institutional contexts. This recent interest has been mainly sparked by the development of corpus linguistics researc…
This volume presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of major developments in the study of how phraseology is used in a wide range of different legal and institutional contexts. This recent interest has been mainly sparked by the development of corpus linguistics researc…
"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 …
