Legal Language

Legal Language
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 330
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ISBN-10 : 0226803031
ISBN-13 : 9780226803036
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Book Synopsis Legal Language by : Peter M. Tiersma

Download or read book Legal Language written by Peter M. Tiersma and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 330 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.


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