Law and language in the Middle Ages

Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part 1 Translation and Interpretation of Law -- Chapter 1 Why Laws were Translated in Medieval England: Access, Authority, and Authenticity -- Chapter 2 Translating Justinian: Transmitting and Transforming Roman L...

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Weitere Verfasser: McHaffie, Matthew (HerausgeberIn), Benham, Jenny (HerausgeberIn), Vogt, Helle (HerausgeberIn)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden Boston : Brill, [2018]
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:Medieval law and its practice volume 25
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Medieval law and its practice
Schlagworte:Law Law, Medieval Law - Language History Europa Recht Rechtssprache
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 308 Seiten)
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Zusammenfassung:Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part 1 Translation and Interpretation of Law -- Chapter 1 Why Laws were Translated in Medieval England: Access, Authority, and Authenticity -- Chapter 2 Translating Justinian: Transmitting and Transforming Roman Law in the Middle Ages -- Chapter 3 Leges Iutorum: The Medieval Latin Translation of the Law of Jutland -- Chapter 4 The Languages and Registers of Law in Medieval Ireland and Wales -- Part 2 The Languages of Legal Practice and Documentary Culture -- Chapter 5 Latin and the Vernacular in Medieval Legal Documents: The Case of Denmark -- Chapter 6 Between the Language of Law and the Language of Justice: The Use of Formulas in Portuguese Dispute Texts (Tenth and Eleventh Centuries) -- Chapter 7 The Dangers of Using Latin Texts for the Study of Customary Law: The Example of Flemish Feudal Law during the High Middle Ages -- Chapter 8 Sources of Legal Language: The Development of Warranty Clauses in Western France, ca.1030-ca.1240 -- Part 3 Methodology, Interaction, and Language -- Chapter 9 Law and Language in the Leges Barbarorum: A Database Project on the Vernacular Vocabulary in Medieval Manuscripts -- Chapter 10 'And Since We are No Lawyers, We Will Void the Lawsuit with Battle Axes'! Voiding a Lawsuit in Old Icelandic Procedural Law -- Chapter 11 Biblical Analogues for Early Anglo-Saxon Law -- Index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 308 Seiten) Illustrationen, 1 Karte
Produktionsangaben:Law and Language in the Middle Ages investigates the encounter between law and legal practice from the linguistic perspective. The essays explore how legal language expresses and advances power relations, along with the ways in which the language of law legitimates power. The wide geographical and chronological scope showcases how power, legitimacy and language interact, moving the discussion beyond traditional issues of identity or the formation of nation-states and their institutions. What emerges are different strategies reflective of the diverse and pluralistic political, legal, and cultural worlds of the Middle Ages.
ISBN:9789004375765
9004375767
9789004342675
9004342672
DOI:10.1163/9789004375765
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