What makes legal language “legal”?

The concept of legal language: what makes legal language “legal”? The aim of the article is to present the concept of legal language. As with almost any legal term (and...

Lawyers engage in lobbying activities

Lawyers engage in lobbying activities as part of a variety of employment relationships, primarily as employees of law firms. There were approximately 80,000 lawyers in Washington alone in 2014, many...
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A person who practices law is known as an attorney or a lawyer.

A lawyer or attorney is a person who practices law, as an advocate, attorney at law, barrister, barrister-at-law, bar-at-law, canonist, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, counsellor, solicitor, legal...
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Are professionals better at assessing the evidential strength of different types of forensic conclusions compared to students?

  Are professionals better at assessing the evidential strength of different types of forensic conclusions compared to students? In an online questionnaire 96 crime investigation and law students, and 269...
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Lawyers who win in Chinese courts

China has developed a mature and comprehensive civil procedure system with sophisticated statutes and provisions. From 2016 to September 2021, more than 330,000 commercial and maritime cases with foreign elements...

How Business Groups Shape Board Composition in Offshore Financial Multinational Enterprises

Drawing on resource dependence theory, we argue for the influence of business groups (BGs) on the board composition of offshore financial multinational enterprises (FMNEs). Using a unique sample of 171...