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Legal Language and Interpretation

Legal Language and Interpretation is a research topic within Law. Science Explorer counts 2.9k research works in it since 1950. 19.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the evolution of the European legal system, including topics such as the role of the European Union, legal interpretation, constitutional courts, judicial influence, fundamental rights, legislative drafting, language and law, judicial legitimacy, EU legislation, and comparative law.

  • European Union
  • legal interpretation
  • constitutional courts
  • judicial influence
  • fundamental rights
  • legislative drafting
  • language and law
  • judicial legitimacy
  • EU legislation
  • comparative law
Research works
2.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
571
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+17%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Legal Language and Interpretation research?

By volume, the United States and Italy publish the most (83 and 41 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 83 works
  2. 2 Italy 41 works
  3. 3 Russia 39 works
  4. 4 Germany 36 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 32 works
  6. 6 Australia 29 works
  7. 7 Poland 28 works
  8. 8 India 26 works
  9. 9 China 25 works
  10. 10 France 22 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 23.0%Italy: 11.3%Russia: 10.8%Germany: 10.0%6 others listed: 45.0%23%largest
United States83 · 23.0%Italy41 · 11.3%Russia39 · 10.8%Germany36 · 10.0%6 others listed162 · 45.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Legal Language and Interpretation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, The University of Western Australia publishes the most Legal Language and Interpretation research, followed by La Trobe University and Nanjing Normal University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 The University of Western AustraliaAustralia 8 works
  2. 2 La Trobe UniversityAustralia 8 works
  3. 3 Nanjing Normal UniversityChina 6 works
  4. 4 University of WarsawPoland 5 works
  5. 5 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 4 works
  6. 6 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 4 works
  7. 7 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 4 works
  8. 8 College of LawLatvia 4 works
  9. 9 Masaryk UniversityCzechia 4 works
  10. 10 University of BolognaItaly 3 works

Where is Legal Language and Interpretation research done?

The largest centres of Legal Language and Interpretation research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Budapest (Hungary), Melbourne (Australia) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 16 works
  2. 2 Budapest Hungary 13 works
  3. 3 Melbourne Australia 11 works
  4. 4 New York United States 8 works
  5. 5 Perth Australia 8 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 7 works
  7. 7 Nanjing China 7 works
  8. 8 Warsaw Poland 7 works
  9. 9 Lisbon Portugal 6 works
  10. 10 Brussels Belgium 6 works
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Is Legal Language and Interpretation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Legal Language and Interpretation.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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