Hi Natasha, Just since your fishing line isn't getting a lot of bites ... my studies of legal language are far in the past, but two places I'd start looking are with the International Association of Forensic Linguists - their web site includes bibliographies http://web.bham.ac.uk/forensic/IAFL/ And at Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis News, where the Resources link could be searched for "law" "legal" and so on http://www.paultenhave.nl/EMCA.htm Of course the methodologies would depend on the questions being studied, but ... Richard Richard Darville School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6 613-520-2600 x 4026 613-520-6641 fax [log in to unmask] On 2-Oct-07, at 6:08, Natasha Artemeva wrote: > I apologize for cross-posting > > Hello, > > A student of mine is looking into methodologies that would allow him > to study genres of the legal system in Canada. > Could anybody suggest any relevant publications? > > Thank you. > > Natasha > > -- > Natasha Artemeva, Ph. D. > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-