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Introduction: Making Space for Juris-Dictions

Introduction: Making Space for Juris-Dictions I n t r o d u c t i o n : M a k i n g S p a c e F O R J U R I S - D l C T I O N S N a n G o o d m a n u ris — o f the la w — d ic tio —speech. I invoke the Latin e ty m o lo g y o f th is crucial legal concept to h ig h lig h t the connection between tw o o f the three term s th a t concern us in th is special issue o f ELN— language and the law. The law is m ade th ro u g h and by language.The law is speech and, perhaps less o b v io u s ly but no less undeniably, speech is law. Both sides o f this equation have been at the heart o f in te rd iscip lin a ry studies o f law and literature fro m the start. Indeed, the focus on discourse in both disciplines has fo rm e d the com m o n thread http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png English Language Notes Duke University Press

Introduction: Making Space for Juris-Dictions

Goodman, Nan; Goodman, Nan
English Language Notes , Volume 48 (2) – Sep 1, 2010
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I n t r o d u c t i o n : M a k i n g S p a c e F O R J U R I S - D l C T I O N S N a n G o o d m a n u ris — o f the la w — d ic tio —speech. I invoke the Latin e ty m o lo g y o f th is crucial legal concept to h ig h lig h t the connection between tw o o f the three term s th a t concern us in th is special issue o f ELN— language and the law. The law is m ade th ro u g h and by language.The law is speech and, perhaps less o b v io u s ly but no less undeniably, speech is law. Both sides o f this equation have been at the heart o f in te rd iscip lin a ry studies o f law and literature fro m the start. Indeed, the focus on discourse in both disciplines has fo rm e d the com m o n thread

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