Chapter 6 Rhetorical analysis of agreement authority article in maritime agreements
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Mary C. Lavissière
Abstract
This chapter investigates the rhetorical functions contained in the article entitled “Overview of Agreement Authority” in maritime agreements, which fall under the jurisdiction of the Federal Maritime Commission, the American maritime authority. Based on a corpus of 61 agreements and rhetorical analysis, results include a typology of rhetorical functions and issues treated in the agreements and compares them to Trosborg (1997). The dominant rhetorical functions are authorization and agreement; however, issues receive different treatment according to whether they are dealt with in a number of ways or uniquely one way. The findings point to the need to see these documents as giving large liberty to their signatories, rather than constraining them. They also show how constraints may show interaction with other maritime discourse, such as that of maritime authorities.
Abstract
This chapter investigates the rhetorical functions contained in the article entitled “Overview of Agreement Authority” in maritime agreements, which fall under the jurisdiction of the Federal Maritime Commission, the American maritime authority. Based on a corpus of 61 agreements and rhetorical analysis, results include a typology of rhetorical functions and issues treated in the agreements and compares them to Trosborg (1997). The dominant rhetorical functions are authorization and agreement; however, issues receive different treatment according to whether they are dealt with in a number of ways or uniquely one way. The findings point to the need to see these documents as giving large liberty to their signatories, rather than constraining them. They also show how constraints may show interaction with other maritime discourse, such as that of maritime authorities.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements
- Contents VII
- Towards an integration of law and linguistics into the blue humanities 1
- Chapter 1 Understanding and researching legal genres and language within the maritime domain 13
- Chapter 2 The conceptualization of a legal status for marine environment through the evolution of terminology 41
- Chapter 3 Liability for environmental crimes: A comparative study of laws on ecocide and the prevention of oil discharge into the sea 65
- Chapter 4 Law of the sea, maritime law, and human rights applied to migration: Towards a common language? 97
- Chapter 5 Global vessel sharing agreements versus joint ventures: How do contractual provisions legally entitle contestable legal personality of shipping alliances? 147
- Chapter 6 Rhetorical analysis of agreement authority article in maritime agreements 171
- Chapter 7 To what extent is the translation equivalent: an exploration of terminological variation in English-Chinese translation of maritime law 201
- Index 223
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements
- Contents VII
- Towards an integration of law and linguistics into the blue humanities 1
- Chapter 1 Understanding and researching legal genres and language within the maritime domain 13
- Chapter 2 The conceptualization of a legal status for marine environment through the evolution of terminology 41
- Chapter 3 Liability for environmental crimes: A comparative study of laws on ecocide and the prevention of oil discharge into the sea 65
- Chapter 4 Law of the sea, maritime law, and human rights applied to migration: Towards a common language? 97
- Chapter 5 Global vessel sharing agreements versus joint ventures: How do contractual provisions legally entitle contestable legal personality of shipping alliances? 147
- Chapter 6 Rhetorical analysis of agreement authority article in maritime agreements 171
- Chapter 7 To what extent is the translation equivalent: an exploration of terminological variation in English-Chinese translation of maritime law 201
- Index 223
