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International Journal of Language & Law
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ISSN (Print) 2194-7414
Published by International Language and Law Association

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The Presentation of Voices, Evidence, and Participant Roles in Austrian
Courts: A Case Study on a Record of Court Proceedings
- Authors: Karoline Marko
  Abstract: This paper presents the analysis of a record of court proceedings that comprises the paraphrased and dictated statements of the appellant and the witness in the case. Due to the nature of how the transcript is created, it is impossible for the participants’ statements to be “verbatim.” Therefore, the judge’s evaluation becomes subjective, which inevitably plays a role in the way the evidence and participants are represented in the record. Little research has investigated how the judge’s voice is included in such records. Thus, it is the aim of this case study to investigate the judge’s voice and whether the way the records are written can shed light onto the judge’s stance. The judge’s stance is analyzed through the use of systemic functional grammar (Halliday, 2014), metadiscursive markers (Hyland, 2005, 2015), and participant roles (van Leeuwen, 1996). The analysis shows that, to a certain degree, the outcome of the case, i.e. whose side the judge ruled in favor of, is already visible in the records. Therefore, this analysis has important implications and provides a foundation for further work with a larger data sample.Cite as: Marko, JLL 8 (2019), 12–33,
  DOI : 10.14762/jll.2019.012
  PubDate: 2019-07-20
  Issue No: Vol. 8 (2019)
The Impact of Language on Law-Making and Norm-Making: JLL Call for Papers
(Deadline 31 July 2019)
- Authors: Aleksandar Trklja
  Abstract: The constitutive role of language in law-making and norm-making has been largely neglected in previous legal studies. Many of these studies were concerned with the legal and historical aspects of law-making and norm-making, and regarded language mainly as an assisting device or a neutral medium of communication, rather than as a mechanism that can influence the production of law and norms and thus shape the content of jurisprudence. The present issue of JLL aims to address the latter issue. We welcome papers that investigate empirically or theoretically the impact of language on the law-making process and the development of norms. This call for papers is open until 31 July 2019 (extensions possible upon request), authors should submit through the journal website at languageandlaw.eu/jll/login, or send an electronic copy of their submission to editor@languageandlaw.eu.Cite as: Trklja, JLL 8 (2019), 9–11,
  DOI : 10.14762/jll.2019.009
  
  PubDate: 2019-02-11
  Issue No: Vol. 8 (2019)
Seven Years of Language & Law: Editors’ Progress Report on the Journal
of the International Language & Law Association
- Authors: Hanjo Hamann, Friedemann Vogel
  Abstract: The International Journal of Language & Law (JLL) is entering its third triennium. After three years under the editorship of its founding editors from Germany and the US, and another three years under the editorship of the present authors, JLL has developed into an ambitious academic journal that serves as a forum for questions on the interdependence of language and law in all of its facets. With its authors coming from six continents, and demanding peer review procedures rejecting more than half of its submissions, JLL aspires to highest academic standards. As one of the first three humanities journals in the Free Journal Network, JLL also strives to be a best-practice pioneer in platinum open access publishing. The present progress report briefly summarizes the development of JLL since its inception in 2012, and welcomes the new managing editor for the present three-year term (2019–2021).Cite as: Hamann & Vogel, JLL 8 (2019), 1–8,
  DOI : 10.14762/jll.2019.001
  PubDate: 2019-01-15
  Issue No: Vol. 8 (2019)

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