Our word is our bond : how legal speech acts /

Words can be misspoken, misheard, misunderstood, or misappropriated; they can be inappropriate, inaccurate, dangerous, or wrong. When speech goes wrong, law often steps in as itself a speech act or series of speech acts. Our Word Is Our Bond offers a nuanced approach to language and its interaction...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Constable, Marianne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
Colección:Cultural lives of law.
Temas:
Law > Language.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Sociologie juridique.
LAW > Essays.
LAW > General Practice.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW > Practical Guides.
LAW > Reference.
Law > Language
Sociological jurisprudence
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Obama's oaths
  • How to do things with law
  • Learning by the rules
  • Legal acts as social acts
  • When words go wrong
  • Conclusion : in the name of the law.

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