{"product_id":"legal-language-9780226803036","title":"Legal Language","description":"Statutes, judicial opinions, contracts, deeds, and wills profoundly affect our daily lives, but their language tends to be often nearly impossible to understand. In this lively history of legal language, Peter Tiersma slices through the thicket of legalese, explaining where it comes from, why lawyers continue to cling to it, and why it's doesn't have to be an inevitable feature of our legal system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLegal Language\u003c\/i\u003e will resonate with lawyers . . . and any non-lawyer who has waded through legal documents, or has tuned in to the latest trial on Court TV.\"--Carmie D. Boccuzzi, Jr., \u003ci\u003eBoston Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] masterful, highly readable, and enjoyable book. . . . \u003ci\u003eLegal Language\u003c\/i\u003e is truly a fun book to read.\"--David Schultz, \u003ci\u003eLaw and Politics Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTiersma, Peter M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePeter M. Tiersma\u003c\/b\u003e is professor at Loyola University Law School. They are the authors, respectively, of \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Judges\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLegal Language\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the University of Chicago Press.","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318515601682,"sku":"9780226803036","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_38783de7-1df3-4fdc-bc37-dc3dac27c8d4.jpg?v=1727556560","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/legal-language-9780226803036","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}