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In my article I present Otto Gierke’s attempt to construct the phenomenon of legal entities using the means of analogy. The point of departure for my deliberations, in which I try to demonstrate the nature of metaphorical expressions used in building legal theories, is the speech given by Otto Gierke at the inauguration of his holding the post of university rector on 15 October 1902. The position...
The paper deals with the issue of pragmatic phraseological units in diverse legal documents. Pragmatic phraseological units–also known as legal routines-make together with legal terms and collocations the distinctive features of the legal documents. The paper aims in particular to define and describe the main characteristics of the legal routines based on numerous Polish and German examples. Moreover,...
The term „scientology churchˮ cannot be translated into Polish language as a compilation of the words „scientologyˮ and „churchˮ. Such phrase is incorrect in the legal language. This expression in the Polish legal language includes internal contradiction and is an oxymoron. The term „churchˮ is correlated to religion, which implies a connection to sacrum. Due to the fact that doctrinal teachings of...
The purpose of the paper is to present how the basic assumption of the professional language, namely precision, is implemented in legal texts. The paper focuses on language structures that are characteristic of the legal language but at the same time affect its precision. Some examples include ambiguous terms, or unclear and underspecified expressions. The paper concentrates mainly on analysing legal...
The article analyses relationship between language of normative acts and situation of irregular immigrants. This case study will be limited to three elements that seem most characteristic and representative of the situation where the law becomes an instrument of social exclusion – namely: stigmatization, categorization and euphemism. In this context will be presented problem of use in the text of...
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