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(...) The main objective of the (...) monograph is to demonstrate the presence of metaphors in legal texts, and their consequences for legal reasoning and legal interpretation. While accomplishing this objective, S. Wojtczak accepts one of the fundamental theses of cognitive linguistics: metaphor is a key element of human cognition, and an analysis of the ways in which metaphors are constructed and...

This third edition of Lexicon of Law Terms aims to give practical guidance to law students, lawyers, legal secretaries, paralegals, legal executives, ESP teachers, interpreters, translators and professional people who need English for their present or future day-to-day work in  the legal field. Arranged thematically in alphabetical format, the book consists of ten chapters devoted to civil law, commercial...