Popularization and Knowledge Mediation in the Law. Popularisierung und Wissensvermittlung im Recht

Download or read book Popularization and Knowledge Mediation in the Law. Popularisierung und Wissensvermittlung im Recht written by Jan Engberg and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2018 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume widens the scope of Legal Linguistics from the traditional focus on performative texts like statutes to the popularization of legal knowledge for different purposes. The chapters, written in English, German or French, discuss the theoretical basis and methods and investigate popularization efforts by national institutions, law firms and community websites. The objects of study cover a variety of modes and media from different national contexts reaching from print folders over online written texts to YouTube videos and movies.