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The Language of Judges (Chicago Series in Law and Society)

The Language of Judges (Chicago Series in Law and Society)

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Great idea, modest execution.
Review: A linguistic perspective on legal language is a valuable contribution to the study of language and the law. Mr. Solan, with degrees in linguistics and law, is the right author to tackle the subject. And the book has its strong aspects, such as when Solan discusses the details of real cases and shows how judges interpreted language inconsistently, or badly, or in the only way they could. Plus, his insights into the nonlinguistic forces that act on judges are useful.

But the book could have used a strong edit. There are too many convoluted sentences; I found myself re-reading for comprehension too often. I found a bit too much abstraction, too. And the constant foreshadowing in the early chapters ("as I'll discuss in chapter 5 . . .") became very annoying.

If the essence of great nonfiction is making complex material understandable, then this book is average.


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