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Language in the Negotiation of Justice
Contexts, Issues and Applications. Law, Language and Communication
By (author)
Girolamo Tessuto
Edited by
Christopher Williams
Genres:
Comparative law, Law & society, Criminal law & procedure, Social law, Jurisprudence & general issues
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Synopsis
This book explores the ways language is used by the professional legal community for the communication of its main business - the negotiation of justice - in today's globalized world. The volume addresses three main aspects of language use in the negotiation of justice. Beginning with the legal contexts of litigation, arbitration and mediation, the book moves on to discuss the main issues identified in those contexts and finally it explores the applications of legal linguistics. These three aspects are studied across the themes of analyses of legal discourse and genres, issues of power and ideology in the use of legal language, cross-cultural legal communication, questions of recontextualization, accessibility and plain language, law and disciplinary identity, and pedagogy of legal language. With chapters set across a variety of jurisdictions, the contributions offer analytical insights into the interface between law and language. The book is a valuable resource for those in the legal community wishing to increase their understanding of the use of language for the negotiation of justice. New & Used
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What Reviewers Are Saying
'The detailed chapters of this book constitute spectra from several angles, including the Western world and China. Furthermore, the book studies legal discourse in a variety of contexts as well as examining important didactic and research issues, making it highly recommendable to a wide readership.' Heikki E.S. Mattila, University of Lapland, Finland 'Applying the expertise and tools of corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics, the authors of this interesting melange of essays analyse and discuss a number of legal spheres in a wide variety of countries, including both civil and common law jurisdictions. The volume is a useful and often engaging addition to the growing literature on the intersection between language and the law.' Peter Tiersma, Loyola Law School, USA 'Looking at law through the lens of language shows that all legal action has an aspect of argumentation and negotiation of meaning. This volume gives a broad overview of relevant contexts and approaches and is a valuable consolidation of these issues in legal linguistics.' Jan Engberg, Aarhus University, Denmark