Legal language
Auteur :
Tiersma, Peter M.
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226803036
Date de publication :
15 mai 2000
Dimensions :
2,3 x 1,5 x 0,1 cm
Poids :
454 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This history of legal language slices through the polysyllabic thicket of legalese. The text shows to what extent legalese is simply a product of its past and demonstrates that arcane vocabulary is not an inevitable feature of our legal system.