Chapter A10 Legal Order and Linguistic Diversity

Language plays an essential role both in creating law and in governing its implementation. Providing an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this subject, Language and Law:describes the different registers and genres that make up spoken and written legal language and how they develop over ti...

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Main Author: Durant, Alan (auth)
Other Authors: Leung, Janny H.C (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
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