Legal Language
Author | : Peter M. Tiersma |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1999-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 0226803023 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780226803029 |
Rating | : 4/5 (029 Downloads) |
Download or read book Legal Language written by Peter M. Tiersma and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1999-02 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.