Editors’ introduction

2siEditors' Introduction of the volume "Law, Language and the Courtroom. Legal Linguistics and the Discourse of Judges". With a view to offering a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of judicial discourse from different research perspectives, we have arranged the contributions around four major themes reflecting what we believe are the most central issues in the field: constructing judicial discourse and judicial identities (Part I), judicial argumentation and evaluative language (Part II), judicial interpretation (Part III) and clarity in judicial discourse (Part IV).reservedmixedStanislaw Gozdz Roszkowski, Pontrandolfo, G.Stanislaw Gozdz, Roszkowski; Pontrandolfo, G