Publication

2014 - Stanford University Press, California

Language

English

Word Count

54,250 words, Guess

Page Count

217 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100804774935
  • ISBN-100804774943
  • ISBN-139780804774932
  • ISBN-139780804774949
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013049863
and 4 more
  • OCLC Control Number865157678
  • Better World Books9780804774949
  • Better World Books9780804774932
  • Open LibraryOL27166317M

Classifications

  • DDC340/.14
  • LCCK487.L36 C658 2014
  • LCCK487

Description

"This book investigates modern law's relation to language in the context of such divergent views. To those who ask, "What is law?" the book argues that answers today lie in exploring further law's relations to claiming and hearing. Claims assert truths and demand recognition. Law, like language, may deceive or He or go wrong in its claims. Further, law may mishear and be misheard. Modern law nevertheless shows great care for language. From the care that law accords to language, this book shows, one learns about speech; reciprocally, through language and speech, one learns about law. Both language and law bind us; they entangle and obligate us to one another and reveal the world to be one in which "our word is our bond". -- INTRODUCTION.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • The cultural lives of law
  • Cultural lives of law

Other Editions

  • Our word is our bond: how legal speech actsStanford University Press2014-01-01

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