This book introduces into the problems of Legal Linguistics. It starts with the most fundamental legal-linguistic question, i.e. how law is created and applied

The world of law has changed in the last decades: it has become more globalized, multilingual and digital. The sections and contributions of this volume continu

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Linguists and lawyers from a range of countries and legal systems explore the language of the law and its participants, beginning with the role of the forensic