Legal English, 2nd Ed., R.Haigh (Routledge-Cavendish).pdf

Legal English

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Legal English

Second Edition

RUPERT HAIGH

Second edition published 2009 by Routledge-Cavendish

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This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2009.

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Previous editions published by Cavendish Publishing Limited

First edition 2004

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Haigh, Rupert.

Legal English / Rupert Haigh. – 2nd ed.

p. cm.

1. Legal composition. 2. Law – Terminology. 3. Law – Language.

4. English language – Usage. 5. English language – Business English.

I. Title.

K94.H35 2009

340

.14 – dc22

2008036956

ISBN 0-203-87796-9 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN10: 0–415–48715–3

ISBN13: 978–0–415–48715–3

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