Jurists’ language or citizens’ language? Some remarks on legal language

Authors

  • Aurelio de Prada García Universidad Rey Juan Carlos- Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20318/eunomia.2014.2233

Keywords:

Democracy, legal language, jurist, citizen

Abstract

This paper focuses on the secular dispute about the nature of legal language. Should it be a specialized language or a common language, the language of laymen, so to speak? Its conclusion is that legal language should be both the language of jurists and that of citizens.

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2014-09-24
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No. 7 (2014)

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Studies

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How to Cite

Jurists’ language or citizens’ language? Some remarks on legal language. (2014). EUNOMÍA. Revista En Cultura De La Legalidad, 7, 76-84. https://doi.org/10.20318/eunomia.2014.2233