Meaning and Power in the Language of Law
Author： Janny H. C. Leung; Alan Durant
Publisher： Cambridge University Press
Publication year： 2018
E-ISBN: 9781108378185
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781107112841
Subject： D902 the rule of law and democracy
Keyword： 语言学
Language： ENG
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Meaning and Power in the Language of Law
Description
Legal practitioners, linguists, anthropologists, philosophers and others have all explored fundamental challenges presented by language in formulating, interpreting and applying laws. Building on centuries of interaction between legal practice and jurisprudence, the modern field of 'law and language', or 'forensic linguistics', brings insights in linguistics and related fields to bear on topics including legal drafting and translation, statutory interpretation, expert evidence on language use and dynamics of courtroom interaction. This volume presents an interlocking series of research studies engaged with different legal jurisdictions and socio-political contexts as well as with the more abstract notion of 'law'. Together the chapters, written by international leaders in their fields, highlight recent directions in research and investigate in particular how law expresses yet also conceals power relations in its crafted use of words and in the gaps and silence between those words.
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