The Use of Language in Judicial Opinions [microform] / Stephen S. Gottlieb.

Legal writing is a unique form of composition. The legal style is characterized by a reliance upon nominalizations, archaisms, jargon, and foreign (especially French and Latin) terms and a scarcity of verbs and adverbs. Twelve judicial opinions, all on the subject of whether an advance degree should...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Gottlieb, Stephen S.
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1990.
Subjects:	Court Judges. Court Litigation. Discourse Analysis. Jargon. Language Styles. Literary Devices. Rhetorical Invention. Writing Research.