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LANGUAGEandLAW.org
is devoted to the study of all of the ways in which language and the
law intersect, including issues such as:

• Interesting news
  and cases relating to language and law
  
• Some interviews
  and presentations by Peter
  Tiersma
• the International Language and Law Association
• the nature of legal language (its
  history
  and linguistic features)
  
• the
  language of perjury  (focusing
  on the Clinton impeachment)
• the
  creation, structure, and
  interpretation of the legal
  text
• sample
  legal texts from throughout the
  ages  (wills, deeds, bonds,
  writs,
  trials, etc.)
• language rights (language policy,
  bilingual
  issues,
  official English movement, etc.)
• jury
  instructions (current efforts to
  improve them, and
  updates on California’s new instructions)
  
• the plain
  English movement
• the field of forensic
  linguistics
• lawyer
  jokes and what they tell us about the legal profession
  
• Peter Tiersma’s book, Legal
  Language
• Speaking of Crime,
  a recent book by
  Lawrence Solan and Peter Tiersma
• organizations
  and conferences
  devoted to language and law
• Old Frisian law (the Skeltana
  Riucht)
  
• selective bibliography
  on
  language and law
  
• Peter Tiersma’s publications
  
• links to
  other interesting sites
• Loyola Law School’s summer abroad
  programs

  This is the professional website of Peter Tiersma