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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Legislative provisions in context: a linguistic approach
Giulia Adriana Pennisisubject
Point (typography)Discourse legislative drafting simplification strategies communicative context(s)Common lawContext (language use)LegislatureSociologyLawLinguisticsSettore L-LIN/12 - Lingua E Traduzione - Lingua IngleseFocus (linguistics)description
The paper takes into consideration legislative provisions from a linguistic point of view. It applies tests of language in a number of texts belonging to the common law drafting practice to ascertain a loss of conceptual focus by legislative drafters and concludes that linguistics can provide a method by which drafters can assess the effectiveness of their draft.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-12 |