Among the most prominent scholars of language and law is Peter Tiersma, a law professor at Loyola Law School with a doctorate in linguistics (co-editor of The O

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Critically explores how international law is mobilised, by global and local actors, to achieve or block global justice efforts.

This book provides a state-of-the-art account of past and current research in the interface between linguistics and law. It outlines the range of legal areas in