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Legal language / Peter M. Tiersma.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.Description: vii, 314 páginas ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226803036
  • 0226803031
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340/.1/4 21
LOC classification:
  • K213 T564l 1999
Online resources: Summary: This history of legal language slices through the polysyllabic thicket of legalese. The text shows to what extent legalese is simply a product of its past and demonstrates that arcane vocabulary is not an inevitable feature of our legal system.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) K213 T564l 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000195358

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-298) and indexes.

This history of legal language slices through the polysyllabic thicket of legalese. The text shows to what extent legalese is simply a product of its past and demonstrates that arcane vocabulary is not an inevitable feature of our legal system.

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