Although in recent years we have seen a significant increase in the development of
resources for legal writing, very few of them are targeted at second language learners. This …

Genre analysis has a long-established tradition in literature, but interest in the analysis of
non-literary genres has been very recent. This book examines the theory of genre analysis …

In recent years the concept of'register'has been increasingly replaced by emphasis on the
analysis of genre, which relates work in sociolinguistics, text linguistics and discourse …

The translation of law has played an integral part in the interaction among nations in history
and is playing a greater role in our increasingly interconnected world today. The book …

This book examines legal language as a language for special purposes, evaluating the
functions and characteristics of legal language and the terminology of law. Using examples …

Explains and describes the ways that language use in the legal system can create inequality
and disadvantage. It examines the three main areas where the two intersect: the central …

This bibliographic essay will only consider work published after 1986 in the belief that
Volume VII of the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL VII, Language in Professional …

As a result of globalization, cross-border transactions and litigation, and multilingual
legislation, outsourcing legal translation has become common practice. Unfortunately, over …

The paper deals primarily with the classification of what is known in LSP as 'legal language'.
Despite considerable consensus concerning the topics included under this label, there is a …

Research into lecture notetaking has traditionally focussed on its twin functions of encoding
and storing lecture information, and its value has been judged in terms of performance on …