Handbook of terminology. Volume 3, Legal terminology /

"As a core component of legal language used to draft, enforce, and practice law, legal terms have fascinated lawyers, linguists, terminologists, and other scholars for centuries. Third in the series, this handbook offers a compendium of the current state of knowledge on legal terminology. It br...

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Other Authors: Biel, Łucja, 1974- (Editor), Kockaert, Hendrik (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2023]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"As a core component of legal language used to draft, enforce, and practice law, legal terms have fascinated lawyers, linguists, terminologists, and other scholars for centuries. Third in the series, this handbook offers a compendium of the current state of knowledge on legal terminology. It brings together perspectives from the domains of Terminology, Translation Studies, Linguistics, Law and Information Technology in a single place. This interdisciplinary endeavour comprises systematic reviews, case studies, and research papers which overview key properties of legal terms and concepts, terminological tools and resources, training aspects, as well as translation in national contexts and multilingual organizations. The Handbook attests to the complex multifaceted nature of legal terminology and showcases its cultural, communicative, cognitive, and social contexts in diverse legal systems"--
Item Description:"ISSN 2352-1821."
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 622 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027249388
9027249385