Speaking of Language and Law: Conversations on the Work of Peter Tiersma

Book Overview

Among the most prominent scholars of language and law is Peter Tiersma, a law professor at Loyola Law School with a doctorate in linguistics (co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Language and Law). Tiersma's significant body of work traverses a variety of legal and linguistic fields. This book offers a selection of twelve of Tiersma's most influential publications, divided into five thematic areas that are critical to both law and linguistics: Language and Law as a Field of Inquiry, Legal Language and its History, Language and Civil Liability, Language and Criminal Justice, and Jury Instructions. Each paper is accompanied by a brief commentary from a leading scholar in the field, offering a substantive conversation about the ramifications of Tiersma's work and the disagreements that have often surrounded it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199334188
• ISBN13: 9780199334186
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"