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Among the most prominent scholars of language and law is Peter
Tiersma, a law professor at Loyola Law School with a doctorate in
linguistics (co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Language and Law).
Tiersma's significant body of work traverses a variety of legal and
linguistic fields. This book offers a selection of twelve of
Tiersma's most influential publications, divided into five thematic
areas that are critical to both law and linguistics: Language and
Law as a Field of Inquiry, Legal Language and its History, Language
and Civil Liability, Language and Criminal Justice, and Jury
Instructions. Each paper is accompanied by a brief commentary from
a leading scholar in the field, offering a substantive conversation
about the ramifications of Tiersma's work and the disagreements
that have often surrounded it.
This Handbook provides an innovative account of past and current
research in the interface between linguistics and law. It outlines
the range of legal areas in which linguistics plays an increasing
role and describes the tools and approaches used by linguists and
lawyers in this vibrant new field. Through a combination of
overview chapters, case studies, and theoretical descriptions, the
volume addresses areas such as the history and structure of legal
languages, its meaning and interpretation, multilingualism and
language rights, courtroom discourse, forensic identification,
intellectual property and linguistics, and legal translation and
interpretation.
Encyclopedic in scope, the handbook includes chapters written by
experts from every continent who are familiar with linguistic
issues that arise in diverse legal systems, including both civil
and common law jurisdictions, mixed systems like that of China, and
the emerging law of the European Union.
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