No. 28 (2015): Special Issue: Language and the Law

Guest Editors: Shaeda Isani (University Grenoble-Alpes, France) & Miguel Ángel Campos (University of Alicante, Spain).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14198/raei.2015.28

Published: 15-11-2015

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Articles

Aspects of Language and the Law: Exploring Further Avenues

Miguel Ángel Campos Pardillos, Shaeda Isani

5-12
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Teaching Legal English for Company Law: A Guide to Specialism and ELP Teaching Practices and Reference Books

María José Álvarez Faedo

15-35
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The Fallacy of Informed Consent: Linguistic Markers of Assent and Contractual Design in Some E-User Agreements

Anne Brunon-Ernst

37-58
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How Common is the Common Law? Some Differences and Similarities in British and American Superior Court Decisions

Marion Charret Del-Bove, Laurence Francoz-Terminal

59-82
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Aspects of Arbitration Discourse: an Insight into China’s Arbitration Law

Maurizio Gotti

83-101
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A Socio-Cultural Approach to ELP: Accessing the Language and Culture of Law through Fictional Television Series

Shaeda Isani, Sandrine Chapon

103-118
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Opacity in International Legal Texts: Generic Trait or Symbol of Power?

María Ángeles Orts

119-145
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Plain English in Legal Language: A Comparative Study of Two UK Acts of Parliament

Catalina Riera

147-163
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Shakespeare’s Legal Wit: Evolution of the Translation of Shakespeare’s Legal Puns into Spanish from the 20th to the 21st Century

José Manuel Rodríguez Herrera

165-181
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Changing with the Times: The Evolution of Plain Language in the Legal Sphere

Christopher Williams

183-203
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