'... (MacCabe is) the most lucid, least blinkered expounder of the post-structuralist mysteries I have ever come across. This is an important, challenging book, which no Joycean can afford to ignore.'' David Lodge '... (this is) the most exciting and original book on Joyce to have appeared for many years ...' Terry Eagleton, New Statesman

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Table of Cases - Preface - Introduction: Law and Language - PART 1 LINGUISTICS AND LEGAL THEORY - The Science of Language - The Language of Legal Faith - The Role of Linguistics in Legal Analysis - PART 2 LEGAL DISCOURSE - Rhetoric as Jurisprudence: An Introduction to the Politics of Legal Language - Law as Social Discourse I: A Topology of Discourse - Law as Social Discourse II: Legal Discourse - Conclusion: Legal Theory and Legal Practice - Notes and References - Bibliography - Index