Books in the Jahrbuch des Instituts fuer Deutsche Sprache series

A collection of contributions by linguists and lawyers on the interconnections between language and law. The title opens up a wide range of theoretical, methodological and practical approaches to aspects such as politics, criminology, court proceedings, legislation and the Europeanization of law.

The papers in this volume examine contemporary and historical external views of the German language, covering such questions as what is the status of German in comparison to other languages?