Linguistics and Law

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-32615-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 258 g

Reihe: Routledge Guides to Linguistics

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;

- 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaplan, Jeffrey P.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Medienrecht Telekommunikationsrecht, IT-Recht, Internetrecht
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffrey P. Kaplan is Professor of Linguistics at San Diego State University, USA, and a research associate affiliated with the linguistics program at Western Washington University, USA.