The Handbook is a unique work of reference to the leading ideas, debates, topics,
approaches and methodologies in forensic linguistics and language and the law. It …

The legal brief is a primary vehicle by which lawyers seek to persuade appellate judges.
Despite wide acceptance that briefs are important, empirical scholarship has yet to establish …

Ellen sat at her desk for a long time after the client left. The client's case troubled Ellen
deeply. She and her son needed legal help, immediately, and it had to be decisive. Margaret …

When arguing at the US Supreme Court, former High Court law clerks enjoy significant
influence over their former justices. Our analysis of forty years of judicial votes reveals that …

This Article is an empirical study of what we call citation stickiness. A citation is sticky if it
appears in one of the parties' briefs and then again in the court's opinion. Imagine that the …

The short answer is" no"-at least if by" readability" you mean readability as judged by two of
the several wellrecognized readability formulas developed by researchers during the past …

This article reports a corpus-aided analysis of stance adverbs within published judicial
opinions from the 12 geographically-apportioned districts of the United States (US) Federal …

When Justices (Subconsciously) Attack: The Theory of Argumentative Threat and the
Supreme Court Page 1 LANCE N. LONG AND WILLIAM F. CHRISTENSEN* When Justices (Subconsciously) …

Studies have established the influence of ideology on the answers justices give to legal
questions; this study shows that the questions themselves are often selected, framed, and …

Degree adverb is an element of intensifiers as a means for speakers to make their
utterances more expressive. It provides information about how much, how many, and to what …