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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Constable, Marianne (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
Series:Cultural lives of law.
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Online Access:Texto completo