"Canadian lawyers, legal academics and particularly judges face a constant challenge when interpreting bilingual federal or, in some cases, provincial legislati

“An essential text” that examines how interpreters can influence a courtroom, updated and expanded to cover contemporary issues in our diversifying society

A new perspective on how far law's power derives from socially situated communication rather than from abstract rules.

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