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dc.contributor.authorOrr, Graeme
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:45:25Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:45:25Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.date.modified2007-04-02T05:15:48Z
dc.identifier.issn01443593
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/3272
dc.description.abstractA recent spate of legislation in Australia with sloganeering titles raises questions about the interrelationship of political, parliamentary, and legislative language. This article traces the history and functions of legislative titling. Titling came to serve an essentially descriptive function, through the use of bland, bureaucratic language which exhibited indifference to the politics of law-making. The short title, however, in an age of political spin-doctoring, could become a site for image conscious 'motherhood' statements. Reasons to lament such a trend are proposed, as well as factors to explain its appearance. The Australian examples are examined with a view to understanding their motivations. Historical and comparative precedents are also considered. In conclusion, the article seeks to locate the trend in the broader context of naming conventions in a media conscious age.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.publisher.urihttp://slr.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/21/3/188
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom188
dc.relation.ispartofpageto212
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalStatute Law Review
dc.relation.ispartofvolume21
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1801
dc.titleNames without frontiers: Legislative titles and sloganeering
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Law
gro.rights.copyrightThis is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Statute Law Review following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Statute Law Review 2000 21(3):188-212 is available online at: http://slr.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/21/3/188
gro.date.issued2000
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorOrr, Graeme D.


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