The volume explores new interfaces between linguistics and jurisprudence. Its theoretical and methodological importance lies in showing that many questions aske

This book is a record of modes and practices in the use of language within the context of law. The papers in this volume not only examine the different situatio

This book introduces into the problems of Legal Linguistics. It starts with the most fundamental legal-linguistic question, i.e. how law is created and applied

This book provides a state-of-the-art account of past and current research in the interface between linguistics and law. It outlines the range of legal areas in

This book describes law from the perspective of its language. The author proposes a theory of the legal language as language used in legally relevant communicat