1st Edition
Lawyers' Language The Distinctiveness of Legal Language
By Alfred Phillips
Copyright 2003
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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An interesting examination of law as language use or discourse, this study looks at the transformation of ordinary language into a special discourse for the purposes of the legal system. It is widely accepted that legal discourse is obscure, and often the public resent the fact that access to the law of the land is obstructed by the opaqueness of legal language. This book argues that the... Read more
Introduction 1. Ground-clearing 2. Critical Language Theory 3. Dworkin and strong constitutionalism 4. Rights-based law 5. Habermas and the democratic ideal 6. Conclusions
Biography
Alfred Phillips
