Language and Law

A Introduction: Key Concepts1 What Kind of Variety is 'Legal Language'?
2 The Historical Development of Legal English
3 Legal Genres
4 Participant Roles and Speech Styles in the Courtroom
5 Persuasion in Court
6 Interpreting Meaning in Legislative Texts
7 The Vocabulary of Legal Power
8 Legal Protection and Regulation of Language
9 Forensic Evidence
10 Legal Order and Linguistic Diversity

B Development: Contemporary Approaches
1 Linguistic Features of Legal Language
2 Functions of Legal Language
3 Genre Analysis of Legal Texts
4 Spoken Discourse in the Courtroom
5 Linguistic Strategies Used by Lawyers
6 Pragmatics and Legal Interpretation
7 Legal Speech Acts
8 Disputing 'Ordinary Language'
9 Techniques in Forensic Linguistics
10 Linguistic Challenges in Bilingual and Multilingual Legal Order

C Exploration: Analyses and Examples
1 Attitudes towards Legal Language
2 Reforming Legal Language
3 Reading a Statute
4 Style and Restrictions in Courtroom Interaction
5 Rhetorical Techniques in Legal Advocacy
6 Deciding Legal Meaning
7 Performatives in Speech and Writing
8 Misleading Language in Adverts
9 Language Data as Evidence
10 Same Law, Different Texts

D Extension: Engaging with the Scholarship
1 Law as a Profession of Words
2 Public Understanding of Legal Language
3 The Language of Jury Trial
4 Courtroom Language: Theory and Practice
5 Talking the Language of Lawyers
6 Perspectives on Legal Interpretation
7 Understanding Legal Speech Acts and Rules
8 Language Struggles Online
9 Resolving Disputed Meaning in Court
10 Bilingualism and Jury Service

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