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Linguistics and Law

Name: Linguistics and Law
Brand: Routledge
SKU: 9781138326132
Price: 1576.25 HKD
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Author: Jeffrey P. Kaplan
ISBN: 9781138326132

By Jeffrey P. Kaplan

Routledge September 2019

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ISBN-13: 9781138326132
Publisher: Routledge
Publication: September 2019
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Linguistics and Law offers a clear and concise introduction to making sense of the law through linguistics. Drawing on lexical semantics, syntax, and pragmatics to interpret both written and spoken laws, this book:

addresses how to interpret legal documents such as contracts, statutes, constitutional provisions and trademarks
provides thorough analyses of "language crimes" including solicitation, perjury, defamation, and conspiracy, as well as talk between police and criminal suspects
analyzes the Miranda warning in depth
tackles the question of whether there is a "language" of the law, and
draws on real-life case studies to aid understanding

Written in an approachable, conversational style and aimed at undergraduate students with little or no prior knowledge of linguistics or law, this book is essential reading for those approaching this topic for the first time.

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Detention and arrest

Chapter Three: Miranda

Chapter Four: Understanding recorded talk

Chapter Five: Crimes of language (and one tort)

Chapter Six: The "language" of the law

Chapter Seven: Contracts

Chapter Eight: Statutory and constitutional interpretation

Chapter Nine: Trademarks

Chapter Ten: Conclusion

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