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Call for Submissions
The Austrian Association for Legal Linguistics (AALL) is pleased to announce a call for submissions for its forthcoming interdisciplinary volume titled
Controversies in Legal Linguistics
to be published by
LIT.
The volume seeks to showcase showcase high-quality original papers that explore current controversies, methodological developments, and innovative theoretical and empirical perspectives at the intersection of language and law. We particularly welcome interdisciplinary contributions from legal linguistics, linguistics, law, translation studies, communication studies, corpus linguistics, computer science, and related fields.
To express your interest in contributing to this volume, please submit an abstract by 30 June 2026.
Submissions should be in English.
Prospective contributors are invited to submit an abstract of between 200 and 250 words, including a title, theoretical background, research question(s), and methodology.
Authors should include include four to five keywords and a short list of key references.
The abstract, together with the full name and affiliation of the authors, should be submitted by email to legallinguistics2024@gmail.com
Accepted contributors are expected to submit their full manuscript by 20 July 2026.
All manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer review, which will be completed by 31 July 2026. Authors will receive reviewers‘ comments and are expected to submit revised manuscripts by 15 September 2026.
Manuscripts must not exceed 60,000 characters (including spaces), and should conform to the publisher’s style guide and accepted standards of academic integrity and good scientific practice.
The volume is scheduled for publication in January 2027
For any queries regarding this project, please contact
Daniel Green and Peter A. Eschig
legallinguistics2024@gmail.com
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Austrian Association for Legal Linguistics (AALL)
Vienna, Austria
Central Register of Associations No. 1050981907
Communicating Sustainability: Perspectives from International Law, Legal Linguistics, and Psychology
Following the growing interest in interdisciplinary approaches to sustainability in and around law, the Austrian Association for Legal Linguistics (AALL) is pleased to announce a call for submissions for an international interdisciplinary volume, to be co-edited by Daniel Green (Croatia), Sarah Atkins (New Zealand), Karin Luttermann (Germany) and Waldemar Nazarov (France). It is intended to be published by Frank & Timme.
This volume seeks to explore the intersection of legal communication, psychology, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Each chapter will focus on one specific SDG, examining how (applied) legal linguistics and psychology can research transformative change by monitoring, evaluating, and critiquing sustainability discourses both regionally and globally.
Particular attention will be given to how citizens perceive and interact with sustainability legislation and narratives, and how these perceptions influence and shape public political action.
Chapters should address the cyclical relationship between legal narratives, public reception, and policymaking. Empirical, theoretical, or mixed-methods studies are equally welcome.
Authors will focus mainly on one SDG but are asked to indicate at least two SDGs they would be willing to engage with in their final submission. This ensures broad coverage of all 17 SDGs across the volume. In case of overlap with another submission, authors will be informed and encouraged to consider the alternative SDG to maintain thematic diversity. Submissions addressing multiple SDGs in an integrative manner are also welcome.
We welcome submissions that address, but are not limited to, the following themes:
- Legal narratives and public perception of sustainability legislation
- Communication and popularization of specific SDGs at regional, national, and international levels
- Discourse analysis of sustainability policies and legislation
- Psychological and cognitive dimensions of sustainability communication
- Interdisciplinary approaches to evaluating and monitoring sustainability discourses
- Public engagement, advocacy, and transformative legal change
- Cross-cultural perspectives on environmental, social, and economic sustainability
- Impact of media, social media, and public campaigns on sustainability awareness
- The role of law and (legal) language in shaping sustainable behaviors
Submission Guidelines:
Applicants are invited to submit an abstract of 250 words, including the title, theoretical background, research question(s), and methodology. The use of artificial intelligence tools in preparing submissions must comply with good academic practice. Submissions must be original, unpublished, and not under review elsewhere.
Please also provide 4–5 keywords and a short list of key references. The abstract, along with the full name(s) and affiliation(s) of the applicant(s), should be sent to sustainabilitycom2025@gmail.com by 31 January 2026.
Author Contribution:
To support the costs of editing, formatting, and producing this high-profile volume, a contribution of €300 per submission is requested, to be transferred by the corresponding author. If this poses a financial difficulty, please contact the editorial team to discuss possible waivers.
Publication Timeline:
- 31 January 2026 – Submission of abstracts due
- 15 March 2026 – Notification regarding acceptance or rejection
- 31 October 2026 – First draft chapters due
- Early 2027 – Intended publication
All submissions will undergo a triple-blind peer review process to ensure the highest academic standards. Submissions should adhere to good academic practice; papers not conforming to the style guide or academic standards will not be considered.
8th International Legal Linguistics Workshop
It was an honour and a privilege to welcome our Keynote Speaker: Waldemar Nazarov (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz & Université Bourgogne Europe).
Waldemar Nazarov is a Franco-German Professor of Applied Linguistics, Translation Studies, and LSP Research. His Chair is based at the German University of Mainz and the French University of Burgundy and is funded by the Université franco-allemande / Deutsch-Französische Hochschule. His main research areas include discourse, terminology, and translation in law, the linkage between frame semantics and legal language, and contrastive and cultural linguistics.
ILLWS24 Publication: The Future of Teaching Law and Language (Frank & Timme 2025)
How can legal education adapt to technological change, growing multilingualism, and the demand for inclusivity? This volume gathers innovative perspectives from leading international scholars and practitioners at the intersection of legal linguistics and legal education. It explores themes such as
- the impact of artificial intelligence and large language models (LLMs) on legal training,
- the need to integrate sign language, plain communication, and multicultural perspectives to make legal education more accessible and relevant to all learners,
- curriculum strategies that foster precision, creativity, and critical reflection in students’ engagement with legal language,
- the potential of literary and narrative methods for pedagogy by illuminating the human, ethical, and affective dimensions of law.
The contributions present an interdisciplinary, forward-looking account of current and future directions in teaching law and language. Thus, this volume is key resource for academics, policymakers, practitioners and students alike.
ILLWS24 Programme
17 to 18 July 2025, Rijeka, Croatia
Thursday, 17th July
| CET | |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:05 | Daniel Green, Sanja Barić, Martina Bajčić Joint welcome address and opening |
| 09:05 – 09:10 | Karin Luttermann Welcome address on behalf of the AALL Advisory Board |
| 09:10 – 10:00 | Keynote Waldemar Nazarov (Dijon/Mainz)Framing Legal Language – Constructing Legal Meaning: Towards a Cognitive and Epistemic Approach to Discourse, Terminology, and Translation in Law |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | BREAK |
| Panel 1: English in Global and European Legal Contexts Chair: Daniel Green | |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Edyta Więcławska Phraseomatic Account of Global English in the Domain of Commercial Law |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Alexandra Kijek Global English in der EU – Effizienz versus sprachliche Vielfalt |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Ivana Šepić Is the Language of Europe Lost in Translation? |
| 11:45 – 13:00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| Panel 2: Translation, Multilingualism, and EU Law Chair: Martina Bajčić | |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Barbora Tomečková First to Interpret, Last to Write: The Issue of Irish Authentic Versions Through the Lens of Jurisprudence |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Michaela RuschTerminology across Business Genres and Its Legal Implications |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | BREAK |
| Panel 3: Legal Linguistics Across Jurisdictions Chair: Sanja Barić | |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Marcus Galdia Methodology of Research into the Legal Language of Smaller Jurisdictions |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Marlies Alber Minderheiten- und Regionalsprachen als Brücken zwischen Sprache, Kultur und Recht |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Daniel Green, Fabian Sekora Pragmatic Aptitude in Business Mediation through the Law and Language Lens |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Katrin C. Mueller Transplantation Lost in Translation? Building a Unified Theory of Comparative Law and Legal Linguistics |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Informal Networking & Closing of Day 1 |
Friday, 18th July
| CET | |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:05 | Daniel Green Welcome back |
| Panel 4: Lexical Approaches to Legal Language Chair: Sanja Barić | |
| 09:10 – 09:40 | Agnes Milovan-Solter An Analysis of Verb-Noun Collocations in the English Language of Contract Law |
| 09:40 – 10:10 | Thorben Schomacker, Michael Gille, Marina Tropmann-FrickText Type Matters: A Typological Approach to Legal Text Complexity |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Mateusz Zeifert What is Specustawa? Making Sense of a Key Term of Polish Legal-Political Discourse Using Cognitive Linguistics |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | BREAK |
| Panel 5: The Politics and Philosophy of Legal Language Chair: Martina Bajčić | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Josephine PapstCould and Can a Silent Putsch Become Carried Out by Using Words in the Twenty-First Century? |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Mechthild Geyer The Négritude Movement of the 20th Century as a Critical Linguistic Response to the Ambiguity of Law in France |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Joshua Boivin, Linnaea Stockall Do Lawyers Misread the Law? The Accessibility of De Re and De Dicto in Belief Reports |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | BREAK |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION & FAREWELL Future Directions in Law and Language Chair: Daniel Green |
Call for Papers
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The eighth International Legal Linguistics Workshop (ILLWS25) will be held in Rijeka, Croatia, from 17 July to 18 July 2025 and co-hosted by the Austrian Association for Legal Linguistics (AALL), the Faculty of Law and the Institute of Democracy, Social Justice, and Sustainable Development at the University of Rijeka.
The focus of the workshop is on:
“Law and Language in the Past, Present, and Future: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives”
It will primarily address, but is not limited to, questions such as:
- How can critical legal linguistics contribute to addressing and critiquing historical injustices?
- How does the history of legal language use influence current legal (language) practices and education today?
- How may the interconnectedness of globalisation influence norm-setting, interpretation and application of legal language across jurisdictions?
- How do conflicts in and around law affect the future of democracy and the rule of legal language?
- How may legal linguistics foster or disrupt exchange and understanding between different legal systems and cultures?
- How can critical approaches to law and language contribute to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)?
- Can legal linguistics improve the translation of concepts across legal systems in highly diverse multilingual, multicultural and multitechnological contexts? If so, how?
Abstracts may be submitted in English, German or Croatian and should be 200-250 words (excluding references and keywords) and should include 3-5 keywords and a selection of key references (3-5).
Please also include information regarding the author(s), such as names and affiliations.
Submissions should be sent to the organising committee by 1 May 2025 to the following email address: legallinguistics2025@gmail.com
Applicants will receive a decision on acceptance or rejection of their submission by 15 May 2025.
The participation fee of 50 euros per person should be transferred after acceptance of the submission.
The ILLWS25 Organising Committee
Daniel Green
Sanja Barić
Martina Bajčić
Matthias Eder
Josephine Papst
Petra Schön
Fabian Sekora
ILLWS25 Conference & Event Management
Januš C. Varburgh
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Willkommen beim 7. ILLWS24
Der siebte International Legal Linguistics Workshop (ILLWS24) findet am 25. Juni 2024 an der Wiener rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultät statt und wird gemeinsam von der Austrian Association for Legal Linguistics (AALL) und dem Institut für Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht der Universität Wien ausgerichtet. Der Schwerpunkt des Workshops liegt auf dem Thema „The Future of Teaching Law and Language“ (siehe Programm unten).
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Nach dem Erfolg des 7. Internationalen Workshops für Rechtssprache (ILLWS24) freut sich die Österreichische Gesellschaft für Rechtslinguistik (AALL), zur Einreichung von Beiträgen für den bevorstehenden interdisziplinären Band mit dem Arbeitstitel „The Future of Teaching Law and Language“ aufzurufen, der von Daniel Green herausgegeben und bei Frank & Timme veröffentlicht wird.
Dieser Band soll qualitativ hochwertige Arbeiten präsentieren, die innovative Ansätze, Methoden sowie theoretische und praktische Perspektiven im Bereich des Lehrens der Rechtssprache untersuchen.
Wir ermutigen zur Einreichung von Beiträgen, die sich mit folgenden Themen befassen, jedoch nicht darauf beschränkt sind:
- Artificial intelligence and legal language instruction
- Corpus linguistics and legal education
- Current or future trends in legal language teaching and learning
- Development of legal curricula
- Disability, inclusion and legal education
- Ethics in legal language teaching
- Hyperonymy and power relations in legal language use
- Information literacy in legal education
- Legal aptitude testing
- Legal language teaching and moot courts
- Legal language teaching around the globe
- Legal literacy in professional fields such as the hospitality industry
- Metaphors in legal language teaching
- Multilingualism in legal practice and education
- Semioticising legal language education
- Teaching law in the multilingual classroom
- Teaching legal language to judges, prosecutors, lawyers and other legal professionals
- Law and literature in legal education
- Translanguaging in legal education
Um Ihr Interesse an einem Beitrag zu diesem Band zu bekunden, reichen Sie bitte bis zum 25. Juli 2024 ein Abstract ein.
Einreichungen sollten auf Englisch erfolgen.
Interessent/innen sind eingeladen, ein Abstract von 200 bis 250 Wörtern, einschließlich Titel, theoretischem Hintergrund, Forschungsfrage(n) und Methodik ihres Vorschlags, bis zum 25. Juli 2024 einzureichen.
Die Einreichung sollte 4-5 Schlüsselwörter und eine kurze Liste wichtiger Referenzen enthalten.
Das Abstract, zusammen mit dem vollständigen Namen und der Affiliation des/der Antragstellers/in, sollte per E-Mail an legallinguistics2024@gmail.com und daniel.green@wu.ac.at gesendet werden.
Die Bewerber erhalten bis zum 30. Juli 2024 eine Rückmeldung.
Registrierte Beitragende erhalten weitere Informationen zum Peer-Review-Prozess und zu spezifischen Veröffentlichungsanforderungen.
Die Manuskripte sollten bis Ende November 2024 eingereicht werden.
Bitte beachten Sie, dass alle Manuskripte einem Double-Blind-Review-Verfahren unterzogen werden.
Einreichungen, die nicht den Stilrichtlinien entsprechen oder nicht den guten wissenschaftlichen Praktiken folgen, werden nicht berücksichtigt.
Für Anfragen zu diesem Projekt wenden Sie sich bitte an Januš C. Varburgh (legallinguistics2024@gmail.com) oder Daniel Green (daniel.green@wu.ac.at).
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Wir möchten unseren großzügigen Sponsoren und Partnern unseren Dank aussprechen: Obstbaumschule Schreiber, Bäckerei Ströck, Duncker & Humblot, Restaurant Lebenszeit, Frank & Timme,Vinzirast, Grubers Hotel Apartments Gastein, dem LIT Verlag, Facultas, Springer, dem International Journal for the Semiotics of Law (IJSL), und dem International Journal of Language & Law (JLL). Besonders danken wir der Obstbaumschule Schreiber für ihre verlässliche Partnerschaft und Unterstützung bei der Durchführung der Veranstaltung.
Es ist uns eine Ehre und große Freude, Robert S. Hammer, den ehemaligen stellvertretenden Generalstaatsanwalt von New York, als unseren diesjährigen Keynote Speaker begrüßen zu dürfen.
Bildnachweis: Robert Hammer (private Sammlung)
Geboren in New York City am 9. August 1940
Bachelor of Arts, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
Juris Doctor, Columbia University Law School, New York City
Zulassung zur New York State Bar im Jahr 1964
Associate in einer Zivilrechtskanzlei (1964-1966)
Stellvertretender Generalstaatsanwalt des Staates New York (1967)
Principal Law Clerk, New York Court of Claims (1994-1998)
Kleine Privatpraxis (1998-2004)
Adjunct Associate Professor of Legal Writing, Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School (1991-2004)
Umzug nach Jerusalem, Israel im Jahr 2004
Rechtsberater der US Naval Reserve, im Rang eines Commanders im Ruhestand
Programm
| CET | |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00 – 10:05 | Christian Piska (Juridicum, Faculty of Law), Daniel Green (AALL)
Welcome address and opening |
| 10:05 – 10:45 | Keynote
Robert S. Hammer What should today’s and tomorrow’s law students learn about the use of language in law? |
| 10:45 -11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Christian Piska
Challenges of generation Z lawyers |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Kamil Zeidler, Joanna Kamień
The law and literature as the future of teaching law and language |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Januš Chaim Varburgh
Responsibility through legal literacy in hotel management: A practitioner’s perspective on legal language teaching and communication in the hospitality industry |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Alexander Teutsch, Michelle Albani
„Mehrsprachigkeit im Rechtsleben“ am Juridicum: Ein Resümee |
| 14:00 -14:30 | Martina Bajčić, Dejana Golenko
Integrating information literacy into legal education |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Andrea Steiner
English for legal professionals in government and beyond |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Break |
| 15:15 – 15:45 | Daniel Green
The semiotics of law and legal language teaching: Data trends and trajectories |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Silvia Kummer
Metaphorical expressions in legal discourse |
| 16:15 – 16:45 | Maria Pober
Hyperonyme für alle in der Rechtssprache? |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Break |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Paul Schwarzenbacher
What is critical legal language teaching? |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Annelise de Vries, Zakeera Docrat
Innovative integration: Leveraging AI for a speech-to-text model in enhancing legal language teaching within the South African police service |
| 18:00 – 18:30 | Cornelia Eißler, Daniel Green
Beyond moralisation: Termination of pregnancy and the principles of legal language teaching |
| 18:30 – 18:45 | Closing discussion and farewell |
FAQ – International Legal Linguistics Workshop (ILLWS24)
F: Wann und wo findet der ILLWS24 statt?
A: Der ILLWS24 findet am 25. Juni 2024 im Juridicum, Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaften, an der Universität Wien zwischen 10:00 und 19:00 Uhr MEZ statt.
F: Wer sind die Organisatoren des ILLWS24?
A: Der ILLWS24 wird von der Austrian Association for Legal Linguistics (AALL) in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Institut für Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht der Universität Wien organisiert.
F: Gibt es eine Teilnahmegebühr für den ILLWS24?
A: Nein, die Teilnahme am ILLWS24 ist kostenlos.
F: Wie kann ich mich für den ILLWS24 registrieren?
A: Mit der Bestätigung Ihrer Teilnahme sind Sie für den ILLWS24 registriert.
F: Wer kann am ILLWS24 teilnehmen?
A: Der ILLWS24 steht allen Interessierten aus den Bereichen Linguistik, Recht, Rechtslinguistik, Forensische Linguistik und verwandten Bereichen offen.
F: Wie kann ich am ILLWS24 teilnehmen?
A: Sie können entweder virtuell über eine Online-Teilnahme oder physisch vor Ort teilnehmen. Für Online-Teilnehmer wird der Zoom-Link am 6. Juni 2024 zur Verfügung gestellt.
F: In welcher Sprache sollten die Präsentationen gehalten werden?
A: Die Präsentationen sollten entweder auf Englisch oder Deutsch gehalten werden.
F: Erhalten die Teilnehmer eine Teilnahmebescheinigung?
A: Ja, alle registrierten Teilnehmer erhalten während des Workshops eine Teilnahmebescheinigung.
F: Wird es ein Konferenzdinner geben?
A: Es wird nach dem Ende des ILLWS24 ein informelles Treffen geben. Details werden näher am Veranstaltungstermin bekanntgegeben.
Falls Ihre Frage hier nicht beantwortet wird, senden Sie bitte eine E-Mail an: legallinguistics2024@gmail.com
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ILLWS24-Organisationsteam
Daniel Green
Christian Piska
Januš C. Varburgh
Sophie Mochar
Paul Schwarzenbacher
Maria Pober
Cornelia Eißler
ILLWS24 Konferenz- und Veranstaltungsmanagement
Januš C. Varburgh