Linguistic Aspects of Legislative Expression

Résumé

In this work, Frederick Bowers applies modern linguistic theory to ananalysis of legislative expression as found in contemporary statutes inCanada and other jurisdictions in the British tradition, including theUnited States. This is the first book-length study to describestatutory language in a formal, explicit, and comprehensive way. Itstheme is that legislative language is not a separate, private language,as many critics argue, but a particular application of language ingeneral.