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3.1 Šarčević
Susan Šarčević. (2013). Multilingual Lawmaking and Legal (Un)Certainty in the European Union. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 3(1), 1-29. Abstract: In recent years multilingual lawmaking in the European Union (EU) has come under increasing attack for its failure to provide greater legal certainty to Union citizens. This article examines the extent to which […]
IJLLD 3.2
IJLLD Volume 3.2 (2013) (Frontsmatter) Stanisław Goźdź-Roszkowski & Gianluca Pontrandolfo. Evaluative Patterns in Judicial Discourse: A Corpus-based Phraseological Perspective on American and Italian Criminal Judgments … 9-69 Martin Warren & Maggie Leung. At any time after any proceedings …: Why is any so frequent in legal texts? … 70-102 J. R. Martin and M. Zappavigna. […]
3.2 Martin & Zappavigna
J. R. Martin and M. Zappavigna. (2013). Youth Justice Conferencing: Ceremonial redress. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 3(2), 103-142. Abstract: New South Wales Youth Justice Conferencing is a form of diversionary justice involving young offenders in a carefully structured meeting, ideally with their victim, a mediator, support persons, the arresting police officer and […]
3.2 Warren & Leung
Martin Warren & Maggie Leung. (2013). At any time after any proceedings …: Why is any so frequent in legal texts?. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 3(2), 70-102. Abstract: This paper explores phraseologies specific to legislative legal texts, but, unusually, it does this by examining phraseologies consisting of grammatical words as well as […]
3.2 Goźdź-Roszkowski & Pontrandolfo
Stanisław Goźdź-Roszkowski & Gianluca Pontrandolfo. (2013). Evaluative Patterns in Judicial Discourse: A Corpus-based Phraseological Perspective on American and Italian Criminal Judgments. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 3(2), 9-69. Abstract: The present paper aims at exploring the pivotal role of evaluative phraseology in judges’ discourse, typified in the legal genre of the judgment. This […]
IJLLD 4.1
IJLLD Volume 4.1 (2014) (Frontsmatter) Guang Shi. Face-threatening Acts in Chinese Courtroom Discourse … 1-25 Torun Elsrud. Othering the “other” in court: Threats to self-presentation during interpreter assisted hearings … 26-67 Chi Seng Lu. Balanced Approach Developed in Macao for Legal Translation and Principle of Respect Adopted in Construction of Social Harmony … 68-94 Full […]
4.1 Elsrud
Torun Elsrud. (2014). Othering the “other” in court: Threats to self-presentation during interpreter assisted hearings. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 4(1), 26-67. Abstract: This paper is based on an ethnographic research project studying interaction processes and rituals; the interplay between speech and social interaction during interpreted hearings in Swedish District Court cases on […]
4.1 Shi
Guang Shi. (2014). Face-threatening Acts in Chinese Courtroom Discourse. International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse 4(1), 1-25. Abstract: The courtroom is a site of power struggle. In order to realize their goals and show their power or authority, courtroom subjects use various language resources and strategies, among them face-threatening acts figure prominently. Employing Brown […]
IJLLD 4.2
IJLLD Volume 4.2 (2014) (Frontsmatter) Pi-chan Hu. A Study of the Frame of Legal Language … 1-45 Janet Cotterill. The Construction of Identities in the Criminal Courtroom: Criminals, Victims and Crimes as Construed in Scottish Judges’ Sentencing Statements … 46-74 Béatrice Cabau. Language Policy/Planning and Linguistic Rights in Sweden … 75-97 Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo. Achieving […]
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