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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 which linguistics plays an increasing role and describes the tools and approaches used by linguists and lawyers in this vibrant new field. Through a combination of overview chapters, case studies, and theoretical descriptions, the volume addresses areas such as the history and structure of legal languages, its meaning and interpretation, multilingualism and language rights, courtroom discourse, forensic identification, intellectual property and linguistics, and legal translation and interpretation. Encyclopedic in scope, the handbook includes chapters written by experts from every continent who are familiar with linguistic issues that arise in diverse legal systems, including both civil and common law jurisdictions, mixed systems like that of China, and the emerging law of the European Union.

Table of Contents:
Part I: Legal Language 1: Peter Tiersma: A History of the Language of the Law 2: Heikki E. S. Mattila: Legal Vocabulary 3: Risto Hiltunen: The Grammar and Structure of Legal Texts 4: Maurizio Gotti: Text and Genre 5: Mark Adler: The Plain Language Movement Part II: The Interpretation of Legal Texts 6: Lawrence M. Solan: Linguistic Issues in Statutory Interpretation 7: Sanford Schane: Contract Formation as a Speech Act 8: Robert W. Bennett: Constitutional Interpretation 9: Ralf Poscher: Ambiguity and Vagueness in Legal Interpretation 10: Brian H. Bix: Legal Interpretation and the Philosophy of Language Part III: Multilingualism and Translation 11: Michel Bastarache: Bilingual Interpretation Rules as a Component of Language Rights in Canada 12: Jan Engberg: Word Meaning and the Problem of a Globalized Legal Order 13: Susan Sarcevic: Challenges to the Legal Translator 14: Karen McAuliffe: Language and Law in the European Union 15: Cornelis J. W. Baaij: Fifty years of Multilingual Interpretation in the European Union Part IV: Language Rights 16: Tove Skutnabb-Kangas: Linguistic Human Rights 17: Peter Tiersma: Language Policy in the United States 18: Durk Gorter and Jasone Cenoz: Legal Rights of Linguistic Minorities in the EU 19: Tunde Olusola Opeibi: Investigating the Language Situation in Africa Part V: Language and Criminal Law 20: Janet Ainsworth: The Meaning of Silence in The Right to Remain Silent 21: Naomi E. S. Goldstein, Sharon Messenheimer, Christina Riggs L. Romaine, and Heather Zelle: Potential Impact of Juvenile Suspects' Linguistic Abilities on Miranda Understanding and Appreciation 22: Frances Rock: The "Caution" in England and Wales 23: Janice Nadler and J. D. Trout: The Language of Consent in Police Encounters 24: Peter Tiersma and Lawrence M. Solan: The Language of Crime 25: Deborah Davis and Richard A. Leo: Interrogation Through Pragmatic Implication: Sticking to the Letter of the Law While Violating Its Intent Part VI: Courtroom Discourse 26: Gail Stygall: Discourse in the U.S. Courtroom 27: Mami Hiraike Okawara: Courtroom Discourse in Japan's New Judicial Order 28: Liao Meizhen: Courtroom Discourse in China 29: Martha L. Komter and Marijke Malsch: The Language of Trials in an Inquisitorial Criminal Law System 30: Susan Berk-Saligson: Linguistic Issues in Courtroom Interpretation 31: Nancy S. Marder: Instructing the Jury Part VII: Intellectual Property 32: Roger W. Shuy: Using Linguistics in Trademark Cases 33: Ronald R. Butters: Language and Copyright Law 34: Syugo Hotta and Masahiro Fujita: The Psycholinguistic Basis of Distinctions in Trademark Law Part VIII: Identification of Authorship and Deception 35: Carole E. Chaski: Authorship Identification in the Forensic Setting 36: Krzysztof Kredens and Malcolm Coulthard: Corpus Linguistics in Authorship Identification 37: David Wools: Detecting Plagiarism Part IX: Speaker Identification 38: Peter L. Patrick: Language Analysis for Determination of Origin 39: A. Daniel Yarmey: Factors Affecting Lay Person's Identification of Speakers 40: Paul Foulkes and Peter French: Forensic Speaker Comparison

About the Author :
Peter Tiersma was the Hon. William Matthew Bryne Professor of Law at Loyola Law School of Los Angeles from 2009 until his death in 2014. He had a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, San Diego, and a J.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Legal Language (1999) and Parchment, Paper, Pixels: Law and the Technologies of Communication (2010). Lawrence Solan is the Don Forchelli Professor of Law and the Director of the Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition at Brooklyn Law School. He is on the editorial board of The International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law and the author of Language and Judges (1993).

Review :
This collection is a tremendous accomplishment from two of the leading figures in language and law, and I would highly recommend it. The chapters contain a wealth of invaluable information and ideas, and the book makes an important statement about the need to bridge the gap between legal, linguistic and psychological approaches to language and law.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780199572120
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press
  • Height: 253 mm
  • No of Pages: 666
  • Series Title: Oxford Handbooks
  • Weight: 1310 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0199572127
  • Publisher Date: 08 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 43 mm
  • Width: 175 mm


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