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1. journals.openedition.org › lexis › 251Metaphors in English for Law: Let Us Keep Them!

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   For instance, let us consider the “clean hands” metaphor: “The language chosen expresses in the vivid, concrete terms of daily human life, an abstract principle of legal reasoning about denial of relief to a plaintiff whose own conduct has been improper”, Loughlan [2006: 213-214] explains.

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2. www.studocu.com › en-au › documentThe use of metaphor in legal persuasive writing - Studocu

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   These four levels of metaphor correspond with the four basic components of any legal argument: (1) the legal principles governing an issue; (2) the tools of analysis applied to the governing principles; (3) the writing style of an advocate who is presenting the legal argument; and (4) the inherent nature of language itself, which serves as the ...

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   there are actually four basic types or levels of metaphor operating in persuasive legal discourse. These four levels of metaphor correspond with the four basic components of any legal argument: (1) the legal principles governing an issue; (2) the tools of analysis applied to the

4. www.erudit.org › en › journalsMetaphors and Models in Legal Theory – Les Cahiers de droit

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   This approach can be distinguished from the analysis of metaphors in law in so far as metaphor is taken not just as a rhetorical trope that helps makes a legal point persuasive, but as a constitutive element of the law.

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6. www.scandinavianlaw.se › pdf › 53-12Law, Power and Language: Beware of Metaphors

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   The use of metaphors reveals how lawyers perceive different situations and contexts. Thus, they shape the legal discourses and, in some sense, determine which arguments are valid in legal reasoning and when legal issues are resolved. Of course, this is not unique either to legal language or to legal discourse.

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7. www.researchgate.net › publication › 228205313Levels of Metaphor in Persuasive Legal Writing - ResearchGate

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   Mar 17, 2008 · While idiomatic expressions that are present both in legal science and the texts of legal acts have their specific rhetoric and stylistic function, metaphors used in the courtroom can be seen as...

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   Why do lawyers use metaphors?

   • The use of metaphors reveals how lawyers perceive different situations and contexts. Thus, they shape the legal discourses and, in some sense, determine which arguments are valid in legal reasoning and when legal issues are resolved. Of course, this is not unique either to legal language or to legal discourse.

   Law, Power and Language: Beware of Metaphors | Scandinavian studies

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   What are examples of legal method metaphors?

   • Further- more, the pervasiveness of these metaphoric tools in the analysis of legal issues in all areas of the law makes them extremely important and relevant to all legal advocates. The above examples of legal method metaphors include references to elements, factors, and balancing tests.

   The use of metaphor in legal persuasive writing - Studocu

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   What is a metaphor in legal theory?

   • 1. Metaphors are constitutive of legal theory 1.1. The Common Law is a tree or a river 1.2. The judicial arena 1.3. Metaphors spread the concept by spreading the word 1.4. Metaphors and the Law: A Perfect Match? 2. Metaphors as manipulative and misleading devices 2.1. Decoding is necessary 2.2. Manipulative metaphors 2.3.

   Metaphors in English for Law: Let Us Keep Them! | OpenEdition Journals

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   Do metaphors contribute to new legal concepts?

   • What is more, some metaphors have allegedly contributed to developing new legal concepts (for instance the metaphor of “the golden thread” was used to evoke the then new notion of the presumption of innocence in Canada).

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   Are metaphors in legal speech “used” or “dead” metaphors?

   • Let us add that the bulk of metaphors in legal speech are “used” or “dead” metaphors – as is generally the case in specialised languages – which, to some writers, is an oxymoron as these so-called metaphors usually go unnoticed because they belong to the legal lexicon 3 – as opposed to “living” or “live” metaphors.

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   Are there spatial metaphors in legal language?

   • There are also spatial metaphors in legal language, such as the concepts of “higher” and “lower” courts and of sovereignty, that influence our understanding of law (often reflected in charts where the different “levels” of courts are described).

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9. www.degruyter.com › document › doiThe conceptual metaphors in law—a case analysis of

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   Then what is the truth? Based on the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), this study aims to investigate the conceptual metaphor in the cognitive domain of law.