Legal LanguageStatutes, judicial opinions, contracts, deeds, and wills profoundly affect our daily lives, but their language tends to be often nearly impossible to understand. In this lively history of legal language, Peter Tiersma slices through the thicket of legalese, explaining where it comes from, why lawyers continue to cling to it, and why it's doesn't have to be an inevitable feature of our legal system. "Legal Language will resonate with lawyers . . . and any non-lawyer who has waded through legal documents, or has tuned in to the latest trial on Court TV."—Carmie D. Boccuzzi, Jr., Boston Book Review "[A] masterful, highly readable, and enjoyable book. . . . Legal Language is truly a fun book to read."—David Schultz, Law and Politics Book Review |
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Crítica de los usuarios - Not Available - Book VerdictTiersma (Loyola Law Sch.) has written an interesting descriptive history of how Anglo-American "legalese" developed and continues to thrive as we move into the 21st century. He begins by tracing the ... Leer comentario completo
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
Origins | 7 |
Celts AngloSaxons and Danes | 9 |
The Norman Conquest and the Rise of French | 19 |
The Resurgence of English | 35 |
The Nature of Legal Language | 49 |
Talking Like a Lawyer | 51 |
The Quest for Precision | 71 |
Constructing the Legal Narrative | 147 |
Testimony and Truth | 153 |
Completing the Story | 181 |
Reforming the Language of the | 199 |
What Makes Legal Language Difficult to Understand? | 203 |
Plain English | 211 |
Communicating with the Jury | 231 |
Conclusion | 241 |
The Legal Lexicon | 87 |
Interpretation and Meaning | 115 |
Variation | 133 |
In the Courtroom | 145 |
Appendices | 245 |
F Revised Citibank Promissory Note | 261 |
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Legal Language |
| Autor | Peter M. Tiersma |
| Editor | University of Chicago Press, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0226803023, 9780226803029 |
| Largo | 314 páginas |
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