The Language of Canon Law.
In this book, Judith Hahn explores the legal order of the Roman Catholic Church to better understand how the Roman Catholic Church communicates as a legal institution. She argues that the language of canon law reveals the political ideology of the church hierarchy, and she takes up the tools of lang...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, Incorporated,
2023.
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| Series: | Oxford Studies in Language and Law Ser.
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| Summary: | In this book, Judith Hahn explores the legal order of the Roman Catholic Church to better understand how the Roman Catholic Church communicates as a legal institution. She argues that the language of canon law reveals the political ideology of the church hierarchy, and she takes up the tools of language and law scholarship to examine and challenge that language. Hahn examines the grammar and terminology of canon law, and how canon law language makes use of linguistic tricks and techniques to create its typical sound and discusses the comprehension difficulties that arise out of ambiguities in. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. Creating Multi-​Language Law. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9780197674260 0197674267 |