<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Despite the intention for precision and accuracy, legal discourse is oftentimes complex, archaic and ambiguous - which gives rise to contentious interpretation. Moreover, little or no attention is paid to the cultural dimension of legal discourse, which plays a critical role in the translation and interpretation of legal texts, as well as in the application of law. This paper endeavours to illustrate the impact the culture, or, more precisely, legal culture has on the way legal texts are construed or translated and to present problems which arise in the interpretation, translation and application of law as a result of cultural diversities</p></abstract>

Despite the intention for precision and accuracy, legal discourse is oftentimes complex, archaic and ambiguous - which gives rise to contentious interpretation. Moreover, little or no attention is paid to the cultural dimension of legal discourse, which plays a critical role in the translation and interpretation of legal texts, as well as in the application of law. This paper endeavours to illustrate the impact the culture, or, more precisely, legal culture has on the way legal texts are construed or translated and to present problems which arise in the interpretation, translation and application of law as a result of cultural diversities

Cultural Dimensions Of Legal Discourse

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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Despite the intention for precision and accuracy, legal discourse is oftentimes complex, archaic and ambiguous - which gives rise to contentious...

Cultural Dimensions Of Legal Discourse

Online veröffentlicht: 05. Nov. 2014

Seitenbereich: 189 - 196

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2014-0039

Schlüsselwörter
legal discourse, legal culture, interpretation, translation

© Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Cultural Dimensions Of Legal Discourse

Online veröffentlicht: 05. Nov. 2014

Seitenbereich: 189 - 196

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2014-0039

Schlüsselwörterlegal discourse, legal culture, interpretation, translation

© Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
legal discourse, legal culture, interpretation, translation