Law, language, and change : : a diachronicsemantic analysis of consideration in the common law / / by Caroline Laske.
In this monograph, Caroline Laske traces the advent of consideration in English contract law, by analysing the doctrinal development, in parallel with the corresponding terminological evolution and semantic shifts between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is an innovative, interdisciplinar...
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| Superior document: | Legal history library ; Volume 42 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : BRILL/NIJHOFF,, [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Legal history library ;
Volume 42. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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| Summary: | In this monograph, Caroline Laske traces the advent of consideration in English contract law, by analysing the doctrinal development, in parallel with the corresponding terminological evolution and semantic shifts between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is an innovative, interdisciplinary study, showcasing the value of taking a diachronic corpus linguistics-based approach to the study of legal change and legal development, and the semantic shifts in the corresponding terminology. The seminal application in the legal field of these analytical methodologies borrowed from pragmatic linguistics goes beyond the content approach that legal research usually practices and it has allowed for claims of semantic change to be objectified. This ground-breaking work is pitched at scholars of legal history, law & language, and linguistics. |
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| ISBN: | 9004436162 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Caroline Laske. |