- Title Pages
- Preface
- List of Contributors
-
1 Law and Language: An Introduction -
2 Legal Texts and Canons of Construction: A View from Current Pragmatic Theory -
3 Linguistic Meaning and Legal Truth -
4 Truth in Law -
5 Language, Truth, and Law -
6 Claims of Legal Authorities and ‘Expressions of Intention’: The Limits of Philosophy of Language -
7 Legal Pluralism: A Systems Theory Approach to Language, Translation, and Communication -
8 Frame Semantics and the ‘Internal Point of View’ -
9 Hart as Contextualist? Theories of Interpretation in Language and the Law -
10 On Goodness and Genre: Talking about Virtue in Law and Literature -
11 The Grin’s Cat: Language, Law, and Literature -
12 Reading and Writing the Law: Macaulay in India -
13 ‘Where be his quiddities now’? Law and Language in Hamlet -
14 Stories in Law: Providing Space for ‘Oppositionists’? -
15 Literal Interpretation and English Precedent in Joe Ma’s Lawyer, Lawyer -
16 Toward a Cognitive Science of Legal Interpretation -
17 Do You Kick a Dog when it’s Down? Considering the Use of Children’s Video-Recorded Testimonies in Court -
18 The Power of Naming: Surnames, Children, and Spouses -
19 The Role of Language in Legal Contexts: A Forensic Cross-Linguistic Viewpoint -
20 Vagueness and Power Delegation in Law: A Reply to Sorensen† -
21 Plato’s Fertility Clinic: Status and Identity Rhetoric in Parenthood Disputes -
22 Silence, Speech, and the Paradox of the Right to Remain Silent in American Police Interrogation -
23 The Consumption of Legal Language: Consuming the Law -
24 (Language + Law)2 = ? -
25 MMORPGing, Law, and Lingo -
26 Construing Commercial Contracts: No Need for Violence -
27 Why Are Non-US Contracts Written in US Legalese? Some Preliminary Thoughts and a Research Agenda -
28 The Role of Parliamentary Rhetoric in Facilitating the Racial Effect of the Stop and Search Powers in Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 -
29 Precedent at the Court of Justice of the European Union: The Linguistic Aspect -
30 Law and Language(s) at the Heart of the European Project: Educating Different Kinds of Lawyers -
31 Foreign Law in Translation: If Truth Be Told… -
32 First-Person Perspectives in Legal Decisions -
33 Deaf People at the Old Bailey From the 18th Century Onwards -
34 Rule of the Root: Proto-Indo-European Domination of Legal Language -
35 Necessary Violence? Inscribing the Subject of Law - Subject Index
- Name Index
MMORPGing, Law, and Lingo
MMORPGing, Law, and Lingo
- Chapter:
- (p.417) 25 MMORPGing, Law, and Lingo
- Source:
- Law and Language
- Author(s):
Kim Barker
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter examines the differences between the categories of online games and virtual worlds. It discusses the importance of this distinction, given the need to recognize that this area has its own distinct terminology. It presents a few examples to illustrate the demand for understanding and acceptance of gaming terminology, and the role that this terminology will play in the legal system in due course. These terms include farming, griefing, kill stealing, and wizards. Whilst online gaming is a mainstream form of entertainment, the legal system has yet to accept that this is so. Equally, the legal system has yet to accept that there can be disputes arising out of such interaction. It must do so, because once there has been recognition of the activity, there can be recognition of everything associated with it.
Keywords: language, online games, virtual gaming, virtual worlds, gaming terminology, legal system
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- List of Contributors
-
1 Law and Language: An Introduction -
2 Legal Texts and Canons of Construction: A View from Current Pragmatic Theory -
3 Linguistic Meaning and Legal Truth -
4 Truth in Law -
5 Language, Truth, and Law -
6 Claims of Legal Authorities and ‘Expressions of Intention’: The Limits of Philosophy of Language -
7 Legal Pluralism: A Systems Theory Approach to Language, Translation, and Communication -
8 Frame Semantics and the ‘Internal Point of View’ -
9 Hart as Contextualist? Theories of Interpretation in Language and the Law -
10 On Goodness and Genre: Talking about Virtue in Law and Literature -
11 The Grin’s Cat: Language, Law, and Literature -
12 Reading and Writing the Law: Macaulay in India -
13 ‘Where be his quiddities now’? Law and Language in Hamlet -
14 Stories in Law: Providing Space for ‘Oppositionists’? -
15 Literal Interpretation and English Precedent in Joe Ma’s Lawyer, Lawyer -
16 Toward a Cognitive Science of Legal Interpretation -
17 Do You Kick a Dog when it’s Down? Considering the Use of Children’s Video-Recorded Testimonies in Court -
18 The Power of Naming: Surnames, Children, and Spouses -
19 The Role of Language in Legal Contexts: A Forensic Cross-Linguistic Viewpoint -
20 Vagueness and Power Delegation in Law: A Reply to Sorensen† -
21 Plato’s Fertility Clinic: Status and Identity Rhetoric in Parenthood Disputes -
22 Silence, Speech, and the Paradox of the Right to Remain Silent in American Police Interrogation -
23 The Consumption of Legal Language: Consuming the Law -
24 (Language + Law)2 = ? -
25 MMORPGing, Law, and Lingo -
26 Construing Commercial Contracts: No Need for Violence -
27 Why Are Non-US Contracts Written in US Legalese? Some Preliminary Thoughts and a Research Agenda -
28 The Role of Parliamentary Rhetoric in Facilitating the Racial Effect of the Stop and Search Powers in Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 -
29 Precedent at the Court of Justice of the European Union: The Linguistic Aspect -
30 Law and Language(s) at the Heart of the European Project: Educating Different Kinds of Lawyers -
31 Foreign Law in Translation: If Truth Be Told… -
32 First-Person Perspectives in Legal Decisions -
33 Deaf People at the Old Bailey From the 18th Century Onwards -
34 Rule of the Root: Proto-Indo-European Domination of Legal Language -
35 Necessary Violence? Inscribing the Subject of Law - Subject Index
- Name Index
