This volume is a study into the norms that come into play in the translation of European
Union legislation. With a focus on expressions of modality, the study adopts a corpus-based …

Given the increasing interest in the complex dynamics that inextricably combine the
concepts of law and language, this work aims to examine these dynamics focusing on a …

This paper deals with the communication process involved within a criminal jury in the US
Drawing on authentic data, I attempt to describe the features that characterise the spoken …

of vagueness and precision and shows how these aspects are strictly inter-related. It also
shows how linguistic indeterminacy and vagueness are conveyed in legal texts, on the basis …