It is Hereby Performed... : Explorations in legal speech acts.

By: Kurzon, DennisMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Pragmatics & BeyondPublisher: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1986Copyright date: ©1986Description: 1 online resource (89 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789027279293Subject(s): Law -- Language | Semantics (Law) | Speech acts (Linguistics)Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: It is Hereby Performed... : Explorations in legal speech actsDDC classification: 340/.14 LOC classification: K213 -- .K87 1986ebOnline resources: Click to View
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IT IS HEREBY PERFORMED... EXPLORATIONS IN LEGAL SPEECH ACTS -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE STATUTE AS A SPEECH ACT -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Performatives -- 1.3. Felicity Conditions -- 1.4. A statute as a speech act -- 1.4.1. The statute as a performative -- 1.4.2. The felicity conditions of a statute -- 1.5. The legislative sentence as a speech act -- 1.5.1 Permission (may) -- 1.5.2. Ordering (shall) -- 1.5.3. Ambiguity of may and shall -- 1.5.4. Prohibition (shall not) -- 1.6. Other main clause verbs -- 2. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT AS A COMMUNICATIVE ACT -- 3. POTENTIAL SPEECH ACTS: THE GRAMMAR OF DELEGATING POWER -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Features of potential speech acts -- 3.3. Similar structures -- 3.4. Wills and deeds -- 4. REVERSIBLE PERFORMATIVES -- 5. 'THIS' AND 'THAT' IN LEGAL TEXTS -- 6. WHAT DOES A JUDGE DO'? SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS IN COURT JUDGMENTS -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Modality -- 6.3. Conditionals -- 6.4. Non-factive predicators -- 6.5. Conclusion -- FOOTNOTES -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES.
Summary: This book deals with speech acts, especially performatives, that are regarded as 'operative' in legal discourse. After a detailed exposition of speech act theory in relation to legislative texts, the author discusses the legal document as a communicative act; potential speech acts and delegated legislation; wills, the marriage ceremony and statutes as reversible performatives; and the distinction between the deictic function of this and the anaphoric function of that in legal documents. The final chapter is concerned with another text type, case reports, and addresses the question whether the judge makes or merely declares the law. This is discussed from the point of view of certain syntactic structures, in particular modal verbs.
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IT IS HEREBY PERFORMED... EXPLORATIONS IN LEGAL SPEECH ACTS -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE STATUTE AS A SPEECH ACT -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Performatives -- 1.3. Felicity Conditions -- 1.4. A statute as a speech act -- 1.4.1. The statute as a performative -- 1.4.2. The felicity conditions of a statute -- 1.5. The legislative sentence as a speech act -- 1.5.1 Permission (may) -- 1.5.2. Ordering (shall) -- 1.5.3. Ambiguity of may and shall -- 1.5.4. Prohibition (shall not) -- 1.6. Other main clause verbs -- 2. THE LEGAL DOCUMENT AS A COMMUNICATIVE ACT -- 3. POTENTIAL SPEECH ACTS: THE GRAMMAR OF DELEGATING POWER -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Features of potential speech acts -- 3.3. Similar structures -- 3.4. Wills and deeds -- 4. REVERSIBLE PERFORMATIVES -- 5. 'THIS' AND 'THAT' IN LEGAL TEXTS -- 6. WHAT DOES A JUDGE DO'? SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS IN COURT JUDGMENTS -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Modality -- 6.3. Conditionals -- 6.4. Non-factive predicators -- 6.5. Conclusion -- FOOTNOTES -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES.

This book deals with speech acts, especially performatives, that are regarded as 'operative' in legal discourse. After a detailed exposition of speech act theory in relation to legislative texts, the author discusses the legal document as a communicative act; potential speech acts and delegated legislation; wills, the marriage ceremony and statutes as reversible performatives; and the distinction between the deictic function of this and the anaphoric function of that in legal documents. The final chapter is concerned with another text type, case reports, and addresses the question whether the judge makes or merely declares the law. This is discussed from the point of view of certain syntactic structures, in particular modal verbs.

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