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8.1 Dickey

| September 2, 2020

Robert J. Dickey. (2020). Ethical Publication at the Nexus of Law, Language and Discourse. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 8(1), 5-24. Abstract: The research area for law, language and discourse, an academic field with few dedicated scholarly journals (each interpreting the field differently) is overviewed. Ethical practices in research article publication, and the […]

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IJLLD 2.3

IJLLD 2.3

| August 11, 2020

IJLLD Volume 2.3 (2012) (Frontsmatter) Terry Royce. The Analysis of Police Crisis Negotiations: Important Interactional Features … 1-24 Vadim Verenich. The Semiotic Model of Legal Reasoning … 25-58 Fabrizio Macagno and Douglas Walton. Character Attacks as Complex Strategies of Legal Argumentation … 59-117 Tammy Gales. Review — Patterns of Linguistic Variation in American Legal English: […]

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2.3 Gales

| August 11, 2020

Tammy Gales. (2012). Review — Patterns of Linguistic Variation in American Legal English: A corpus-based study. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 2(3), 118-128. Abstract: Stanislaw Goźdź-Roszkowski’s Patterns of Linguistic Variation in American Legal English: A Corpus-based Study is one of the newest volumes (22) in the Łódź Studies in Language series, edited by […]

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2.3 Macagno & Walton

| August 11, 2020

Fabrizio Macagno and Douglas Walton. (2012). Character Attacks as Complex Strategies of Legal Argumentation. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 2(3), 59-117. Abstract: In this paper we analyze leading criminal cases taken from the Supreme Court of the United States, in which ad hominem arguments played a crucial role. We show that although such […]

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2.3 Verenich

| August 11, 2020

Vadim Verenich. (2012). The Semiotic Model of Legal Reasoning. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 2(3), 25-58. Abstract: The scope of this paper is the analysis of semiotic models of legal argumentation and legal discourse. The paper explores how different semiotic models of legal reasoning underscore our appreciation for legal reasoning. The analysis of […]

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2.3 Royce

| August 11, 2020

Terry Royce. (2012). The Analysis of Police Crisis Negotiations: Important Interactional Features. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 2(3), 1-24. Abstract: In recent years understandings of the interactional features of police crisis negotiations have developed through approaches which have built on and developed the precursor bargaining and expressive models of crisis negotiations. This paper […]

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IJLLD 3.1

IJLLD 3.1

| August 11, 2020

IJLLD Volume 3.1 (2013) (Frontsmatter) Susan Šarčević. Multilingual Lawmaking and Legal (Un)Certainty in the European Union … 1-29 Sol Azuelos-Atias. The purposive method of legal interpretation in practice … 30-54 Remus Titiriga. The “Jurisprudence of Interests” (Interessenjurisprudenz) from Germany: History, Accomplishments, Evaluation … 55-78 Jingyu Zhang & Qinglin Ma. Reasonableness and “the Reasonable Person” in […]

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3.1 Zhang & Ma

| August 11, 2020

Jingyu Zhang & Qinglin Ma. (2013). Reasonableness and “the Reasonable Person” in the Chinese Context. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 3(1), 79-96. Abstract: Legal argument in English pervasively relies on the term reasonable, which carries with it a framework of evaluation that plays an important part in English discourse. The reasonable person standard […]

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3.1 Titiriga

| August 11, 2020

Remus Titiriga. (2013). The “Jurisprudence of Interests” (Interessenjurisprudenz) from Germany: History, Accomplishments, Evaluation. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 3(1), 55-78. Abstract: This paper analyses the jurisprudence of interests (Interessenjurisprudenz) as one of the most important German methodological schools. The first part of the paper evaluates its position in the great methodological debate (Methodenstreit) […]

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3.1 Azuelos-Atias

| August 11, 2020

Sol Azuelos-Atias. (2013). The purposive method of legal interpretation in practice. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 3(1), 30-54. Abstract: In this study, I discuss the unique Israeli way of statutory interpretation according to which the court should interpret statutes in light of the purpose behind their legislation. After a brief survey of the […]

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