Just Words 2nd Revised Edition - Law, Language, And Power

Klappentext Is it "just words" when the Supreme Court hands down a decision or when business people draw up a contract? In tackling the question of how an abstract entity exerts concrete power, JUST WORDS focuses on what has become the central issue in law and language research--what language reveals about the nature of legal power. Zusammenfassung In Just Words, John M. Conley and William M. O'Barr tackle the question of how an abstract entity exerts concrete power, focusing on what has become the central issue in law and language research: what language reveals about the nature of legal power.

Product details

• Authors: William M. Barr, John M. Conley, John M./ O&apos Conley, John M./ O'Barr Conley, William M O'Barr, William M. O'Barr
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.07.2005
• EAN: 9780226114880
• ISBN: 978-0-226-11488-0
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Language & Legal Discourse
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law