The Grammar of Criminal Law - Volume 1: Foundations

Klappentext This 3-volume work addresses the field of international and comparative criminal law, with its primary focus on the issues of international concern, ranging from genocide, to domestic efforts to combat terrorism to torture. The text is unique in its systematic emphasis on the relationship between language and legal theory; there is no comparable comparative study of legal language. Zusammenfassung This 3-volume work addresses the field of international and comparative criminal law, with its primary focus on the issues of international concern, ranging from genocide, to domestic efforts to combat terrorism to torture. The text is unique in its systematic emphasis on the relationship between language and legal theory; there is no comparable comparative study of legal language.

Product details

• Authors: George P. Fletcher, George Philip Fletcher
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.06.2007
• EAN: 9780195103106
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510310-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 242 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand; The Grammar of Criminal Law
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Law; LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Comparative, International Criminal Law, comparative law, Public international law: criminal law, Criminal law: procedure and offences