Dr Janny Leung: Tension and goals in legal communication

In this talk, Dr Leung starts by briefly introducing the field of language and law as an area of interdisciplinary practice and research. Dr Leung then focuses particularly on the conflicting goals that spoken and written legal communication are expected to serve, and the way such tension is reflected in legal drafting and courtroom discourse. Produced by legal English in Hong Kong, with support from the Hong Kong University Grants Committee. Special thanks to The Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate Law Centre. More videos at legalenglish.hk.