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Publication details [#24982]

Goodrich, Peter. 1987. Legal discourse: Studies in linguistics, rhetoric and legal analysis. St.Martin's Press. x + 266 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

language use | law | legal text | legalese | power

Annotation

This study presents a critical analysis of how law relates to language. Legal discourse is defined as a language of power, of pursuit of control over meaning and as an instrument and expression of domination.

Reviewed by

Battistella, Edwin. 1989. Review of P.Goodrich (1987: `Legal discourse: Studies in linguistics, rhetoric and legal analysis').