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Understanding Legal English Essentials by Hanah Abegail Navalta is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses the connection between law and the English language. It states that legal English is technical in nature and differs from ordinary English. Legal English uses normative, performative, and technical language. As a normative language, it imposes rights and obligations. As a performative language, uttering certain words can change legal facts and consequences. As a technical language, it has specific vocabulary and syntactic structures. Legal English is used and created by three groups:
- Author
- Hanah Abegail Navalta
- Language
- EN