LEADER 04660nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910452821303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-317-16303-6 010 $a1-283-85976-9 010 $a1-4094-3933-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000709295 035 $a(EBL)1094113 035 $a(OCoLC)823726203 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000782941 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12347036 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000782941 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10751697 035 $a(PQKB)10143000 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1094113 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1094113 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10632233 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL924934 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000709295 100 $a20120531d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aComparative legal linguistics$b[electronic resource] $elanguage of law, latin and modern lingua francas /$fBy Heikki E.S. Mattila 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aFarnham, Surrey, England ;$aBurlington, Vt. $cAshgate Pub. Company$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (504 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4094-3932-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Preface; 1 Legal Language and Legal Linguistics; 1 The Concept of Legal Language; 2 Genres of Legal Language; 3 Legal Linguistics as a Discipline; 4 The Importance and Dissemination of Legal-linguistic Knowledge; 5 Structure and Content of this Book; 2 Functions of Legal Language; 1 Importance of the Theory of Communication; 2 Achieving Justice; 3 Transmission of Legal Messages; 4 Strengthening the Authority of the Law; 5 Strengthening Lawyers' Team Spirit; 6 Linguistic Policy; 7 The Cultural Task of Legal Language; 3 Characteristics of Legal Language; 1 Precision 327 $a2 Information (Over)load3 Universality and Aloofness; 4 Systemic Character; 5 Structure and Formalism in Legal Texts; 6 Frequency of Abbreviations; 7 Sentence Complexity and Diversity of Language Elements; 8 Archaism and Solemnity; 9 Proper Use of Legal Language; 4 Legal Terminology; 1 Legal Concepts; 2 Characteristics of Legal Terminology; 3 Formation of Legal Terminology; 5 The Heritage of Legal Latin; 1 The Importance of Roman Law; 2 History of Legal Latin; 3 Latin in Modern Legal Languages; 4 The Communication Value of Legal Latin; 5 Dictionaries of Legal Latin; 6 Legal German 327 $a1 History of Legal German2 Characteristics of Legal German; 3 International Importance of Legal German; 7 Legal French; 1 History of Legal French; 2 Characteristics of Legal French; 3 International Position Today; 8 Legal Spanish; 1 History of Legal Spanish; 2 Characteristics of Legal Spanish; 3 International Importance of Legal Spanish; 9 Legal English; 1 The Common-Law System; 2 Development of Legal English; 3 Characteristics of Legal English; 4 Legal English as a Global Language; 10 Lexical Comprehension and Research Needs; 1 Changes in Legal-linguistic Dominance in the International Arena 327 $a2 Terminological Interaction between Legal Languages3 Problems of Lexical Comprehension; 4 The Need for Jurilinguistic Research on Legal Institutions and Concepts; Alphabetical Bibliography; Systematic Bibliography; 1. General; 2. Legal Latin; 3. The International Position of the Major Languages; 4. Legal German; 5. Legal French; 6. Legal Spanish; 7. Other Romance Legal Languages; 8. Legal English; 9. Slavic Legal Languages; Modern Legal Greek; Foreign Terms and Expressions; Index 330 $aThis book examines legal language as a language for special purposes, evaluating the functions and characteristics of legal language and the terminology of law. Using examples drawn from major and lesser legal languages, it examines the major legal languages themselves, beginning with Latin through German, French, Spanish and English. The work will be a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners in the areas of legal history and theory, comparative law, semiotics, and linguistics. It will also be of interest to legal translators and terminologists 606 $aLaw$xLanguage 606 $aLaw$xInterpretation and construction 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLaw$xLanguage. 615 0$aLaw$xInterpretation and construction. 676 $a340/.14 700 $aMattila$b Heikki E. S$0892785 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452821303321 996 $aComparative legal linguistics$91994321 997 $aUNINA