Peter Tiersma

1.7k total citations
39 papers, 318 citations indexed

About

Peter Tiersma is a scholar working on Law, Language and Linguistics and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Tiersma has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 318 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Law, 9 papers in Language and Linguistics and 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Peter Tiersma's work include Law in Society and Culture (10 papers), Legal Language and Interpretation (10 papers) and Jury Decision Making Processes (7 papers). Peter Tiersma is often cited by papers focused on Law in Society and Culture (10 papers), Legal Language and Interpretation (10 papers) and Jury Decision Making Processes (7 papers). Peter Tiersma collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Peter Tiersma's co-authors include Lawrence M. Solan and Dieter Stein and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Lingua and Phonetica.

In The Last Decade

Peter Tiersma

32 papers receiving 255 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Tiersma United States 9 150 89 65 60 56 39 318
Helen Fraser Australia 11 113 0.8× 48 0.5× 48 0.7× 54 0.9× 100 1.8× 54 359
James F. Stratman United States 7 87 0.6× 30 0.3× 34 0.5× 31 0.5× 10 0.2× 18 414
Dieter Stein Germany 9 325 2.2× 24 0.3× 50 0.8× 110 1.8× 159 2.8× 26 417
Georgia M. Green United States 10 331 2.2× 16 0.2× 112 1.7× 175 2.9× 82 1.5× 25 502
Georges Mounin France 11 255 1.7× 8 0.1× 39 0.6× 53 0.9× 54 1.0× 48 452
Ferenc Kiefer Hungary 10 344 2.3× 6 0.1× 123 1.9× 151 2.5× 52 0.9× 54 522
John T. Waterman United States 6 348 2.3× 15 0.2× 93 1.4× 80 1.3× 38 0.7× 22 469
Warren Buckland United Kingdom 8 59 0.4× 11 0.1× 21 0.3× 81 1.4× 10 0.2× 43 365
Vahid Parvaresh United Kingdom 11 205 1.4× 7 0.1× 58 0.9× 102 1.7× 28 0.5× 33 291
Ewald Standop Germany 4 149 1.0× 5 0.1× 78 1.2× 30 0.5× 33 0.6× 8 333

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Tiersma

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Tiersma

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tiersma, Peter. (2020). What is language and law? And does anyone care?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter. (2011). The Rule of Text: Is it Possible to Govern Using (Only) Statutes?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter. (2010). The Origins of Legal Language. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Tiersma, Peter. (2009). Communicating with Juries: How to Draft More Understandable Jury Instructions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter. (2009). Redrafting California's Jury Instructions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter, et al.. (2009). Testing the Comprehensibility of Jury Instructions: California's Old and New Instructions on Circumstantial Evidence. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter. (2007). Writing, Text, and the Law. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter. (2006). The Textualization of Precedent. ˜The œNotre Dame law review. 82(3). 1187. 7 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter. (2005). Language Wars Truce Accepted (with Conditions). SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter. (2004). Did Clinton Lie: Defining Sexual Relations. Chicago-Kent law review. 79(3). 927. 5 indexed citations
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Solan, Lawrence M. & Peter Tiersma. (2003). Hearing Voices: Speaker Identification in Court. Hastings law journal. 54(2). 373. 15 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter & Lawrence M. Solan. (2002). The Linguist on the Witness Stand: Forensic Linguistics in American Courts. Language. 78(2). 221–239. 35 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter. (2001). A Message In A Bottle: Text, Autonomy, And Statutory Interpretation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter. (2001). The Rocky Road to Legal Reform: Improving the Language of Jury Instructions. Brooklyn law review. 66(4). 1081. 8 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter. (1995). The Ambiguity of Interpretation: Distinguishing Interpretation from Construction. Open Scholarship Institutional Repository (Washington University in St. Louis). 73(3). 1095–1101. 1 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter. (1993). Linguistic issues in the law. Language. 69(1). 113–137. 9 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter. (1993). The Judge as Linguist. Loyola of Los Angeles law review. 27(1). 269. 2 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter. (1993). Reforming the Language of Jury Instructions. Hofstra law review. 22(1). 2. 6 indexed citations
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Tiersma, Peter. (1982). Local and General Markedness. Language. 58(4). 832–849. 98 indexed citations

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