Making the Law More Transparent: Text Linguistics for Legislative Drafting

• Höfler, Stefan ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Zurich

     University of Zurich

     Zürich, Suiza

     
• Localización: Legal Linguistics Beyond Borders: Language and Law in a World of Media, Globalisation and Social Conflicts.: Relaunching the International Language and Law Association (ILLA). / coord. por Vogel Friedemann, 2019, ISBN 978-3-428-15423-4, págs. 229-252
• Idioma: inglés
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  • An increasingly globalised and digitalised legal environment creates additional pressure for legislative texts to be drafted in a clear and transparent way. In this chapter, I argue that text linguistics can make a valuable contribution to how this goal can be achieved. To substantiate this argument, I provide specific examples from legislative drafting in Switzerland. I show how the concepts and methods of text linguistics can help drafters identify and remedy impediments to the transparency of statutes and regulations at a functional, thematic and propositional level of textual structure. I conclude the chapter with a summary of the challenges that lie ahead and the solutions I believe we need to devise to maintain the transparency of the law in a globalised world.