Vol. 11 (2022): Empirical Approaches to Law and Language Studies | International Journal of Language & Law (JLL)

Published 12 February 2022

Note: This issue was launched with and named after the special section "The Contribution of Empirical Approaches to Law and Language Studies", guest-edited and introduced by Jennifer Smolka and Benedikt Pirker.

Table of contents

Introduction: The Contribution of Empirical Approaches to Law and Language Studies

Jennifer Smolka, Benedikt Pirker

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From the Crime Scene to the Language Lab and Back: Cross-linguistic Empirical Research on Language and the Law and its Practical Applications

Luna Filipović

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When Lawyers Are More Logical Than Ordinary Speakers and When They Are Not: An Empirical Enquiry into Laypersons' and Legal Experts' Understanding of Pragmatic Meanings

Filippo Domaneschi, Francesca Poggi, Eleonora Marocchini

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A Corpus-Based Approach to Examining Terminological Variation in EU Law

Edward Clay

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The Debate on 'One Nation, One Language'

Garima Gupta

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The Effort for More Understandable Laws in and at the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection: Results from a Legal Linguistic Evaluation Project

Joline Schmallenbach, Friedemann Vogel

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Legislative Prescriptivism: Exploring the Legislative Enforcement of Minor Linguistic Variants and its Ramifications for Consumers and the Retail Sector

Beth Malory

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The Likely Evolution of the Israeli Supreme Court’s Near-Certainty Test for Prior Restraint: New Doctrine or Semantic Shift?

Avinoam Sharon

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When Does Speech Perform Regulable Action? A Critique of Speech Act Theory’s Application to Free Speech Regulation

Daniel Adam Weston

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