Legal Language by Peter M Tiersma

Legal Language by Peter M Tiersma

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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.

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Legal Language by Peter M Tiersma

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.
Tiersma, Peter M.: - Peter M. Tiersma is professor at Loyola University Law School. They are the authors, respectively, of The Language of Judges and Legal Language, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
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ISBN 13 9780226803036
ISBN 10 0226803031
Title Legal Language
Author Peter M Tiersma
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Year published 2000-05-15
Number of pages 328
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