Language in the Law
John Gibbons, V Prakasam, K V Tirumalesh & Hemalatha Nagarajan (Eds.)
Price
1095
ISBN
9788125026495
Language
English
Pages
148
Format
Hardback
Dimensions
140 x 216 mm
Year of Publishing
2004
Territorial Rights
World
Imprint
Orient BlackSwan

This book is a record of modes and practices in the use of language within the context of law. The papers in this volume not only examine the different situations that arise in legal processes, but they also unveil the inherent problems and impact of ambiguity and distortion in the uses of legal language, the consequences of cultural constraints on translation of legal texts, the power of interpreters in legal testimony and sources of complexity in legal register. The book examines the nexus between language and the law in various countries and cultures.

KV  Tirumalesh was until recently Professor of Linguistics at the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad, India. 

Hemalatha Nagarajan is at present, reader at the Centre for Linguistics and Contemporary English at the CIEFL, Hyderabad.