Investigating the Interface of Language and Law: Methodological Perspectives

The editors of the volume have inspired the authors to address the fundamental question that any researcher in the emerging field of Law and Language, Language and the Law – or Legal Linguistics – should ask himself or herself from time to time: What is the purpose of investigating the interface of language and law, how do I do it, in whose interest is research in the field conducted, and how can my own disciplinary perspective contribute to defining the scope and directions of research in the field