Law, language and change : a diachronic semantic analysis of Consideration in the common law / by Caroline I.B. Laske.
2020
KD1561 .L37 2020 (Mapit)
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Title
Law, language and change : a diachronic semantic analysis of Consideration in the common law / by Caroline I.B. Laske.
Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2020]
Description
xiv, 242 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series
Legal history library ; v. 42.
Formatted Contents Note
Legal concepts and terminology
Language, functional linguistics, and corpus linguistics
Legal language in England from the 14th to the 18th centuries
The origins of the concept of Consideration
Corpus Linguistic analysis.
Language, functional linguistics, and corpus linguistics
Legal language in England from the 14th to the 18th centuries
The origins of the concept of Consideration
Corpus Linguistic analysis.
Summary
"In this monograph, Caroline Laske traces the advent of consideration in English contract law, by analysing the doctrinal development, in parallel with the corresponding terminological evolution and semantic shifts between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is an innovative, interdisciplinary study, showcasing the value of taking a diachronic corpus linguistics-based approach to the study of legal change and legal development, and the semantic shifts in the corresponding terminology. The seminal application in the legal field of these analytical methodologies borrowed from pragmatic linguistics goes beyond the content approach that legal research usually practices and it has allowed for claims of semantic change to be objectified. This ground-breaking work is pitched at scholars of legal history, law & language, and linguistics"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Laske, Caroline. Law, language and change Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2020]
Call Number
KD1561 .L37 2020
Language
English
ISBN
9789004428485 hardcover
9004428488 hardcover
9789004436169 electronic book
9004428488 hardcover
9789004436169 electronic book
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