language and law (‘法律与语言’专业网站)

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Welcome to LANGUAGEandLAW.org
An online institute devoted to the study of language and the law
Hosted byLoyola Law School, Los Angeles
Created and maintained byPeter Tiersma
LANGUAGEandLAW.org is devoted to the study of all of the ways in which language and the law intersect, including issues such as: thenature of legal language (its history and linguistic features)
language in the courtroom
the language ofperjury  (focusing on the Clinton impeachment)
the creation, structure, and interpretation of thelegal text
sample legal texts from throughout the ages  (wills, deeds, writs, trials, etc.)
language rights (language policy, bilingual issues, official English movement, etc.)
jury instructions (current efforts to improve them, and updates on California‘s new instructions)
theplain English movement the field offorensic linguisticslawyer jokes and what they tell us about the legal profession
Peter Tiersma‘s book,Legal LanguageSpeaking of Crime, a recent book by Lawrence Solan and Peter Tiersmaorganizations andconferences devoted to language and lawOld Frisian law (the Skeltana Riucht)
selectivebibliography on language and law
Peter Tiersma‘spublications
links to other interesting sites
This is the professional website ofPeter Tiersma