Now Online: Vol. 39(1) International Journal for the Semiotics of Law /Revue Internationale de Sémiotique Juridique

 

 Delighted to pass along this announcement from the extraordinary Anne Wagner:

The first issue of Volume 39 (January 2026) of the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law / Revue Internationale de Sémiotique Juridique is now online. This general issue brings together a diverse range of articles addressing contemporary questions in legal semiotics, legal interpretation, discourse analysis, and related interdisciplinary perspectives.  Our sincere thanks go to all the contributors for their valuable scholarship and commitment to the journal.

👉 https://link.springer.com/journal/11196/volumes-and-issues/39-1

The Table of Contents with links follows below.

 

Volume 39, Issue 1

January 2026

19 articles in this issue

1. The Voice and The Nothing: The An-Archic Ontolinguistics of Giorgio Agamben

   • Andityas Soares de Moura Costa Matos
   • Antônio Lopes de Almeida Neto

   OriginalPaper 05 August 2025 Pages: 1 - 26
2. A Tapestry of Evolving Signs: Platformized Labour and the Delegation of Moral Order

   • Rania Magdi Fawzy

   OriginalPaper 14 July 2025 Pages: 27 - 46

   
3. Rethinking Legal Transfers: Epistemology, Power and Legitimacy

   • Utkirbek Kholmirzaev
   • Manuchehr Kudratov

   OriginalPaper 05 August 2025 Pages: 47 - 78

   
4. Legal System and its Shadow: The Rise of Judicra in Simulated Justice

   • Farshid Fouladinejad

   OriginalPaper 02 August 2025 Pages: 79 - 102
5. Rule of Law Minimalism and the Fear of ‘Politics’: The Slovak Constitutional Court amidst the Illiberal Surge

   • Max Steuer

   OriginalPaper Open access 20 August 2025 Pages: 103 - 126
6. The Semiotics of Threatening Language in Jordanian Courts: A Forensic-Linguistic Analysis of Criminal Cases from 2023 To 2024

   • Mohammad Nasr Khater
   • Hamzeh Abu Issa
   • Sayel Al-Hawawsheh

   OriginalPaper 02 August 2025 Pages: 127 - 142
7. Meaning Dislocation and Ideological Production: A Semiotic Analysis of Anti-Corruption and Pancasila Discourses in the Indonesian Legal System

   • Budiyono

   OriginalPaper 02 August 2025 Pages: 143 - 165
8. Language on Trial: A Forensic Linguistic Analysis of Persuasion, Argumentation, and Power Dynamics in President Nelson Mandela’s Rivonia Trial (1963–1964)

   • Haryo Sutanto
   • Iron Sarira
   • Mu’awal Panji Handoko

   OriginalPaper 04 September 2025 Pages: 167 - 188
9. Ensuring Fairness in the Digital Marketplace: A Communicative and Cognitive Analysis of Deceitful Influencer Marketing within Regulatory Frameworks and Benchmarks

   • Giulia Anselmo
   • Giorgia Mannaioli
   • Alessio Sardo

   OriginalPaper Open access 04 September 2025 Pages: 189 - 224

   
10. The Influence of Cognitive Context on Legal Linguistic Interpretation. A Case Study on the Liability for Damage Caused by Enterprises Operating on the Basis of the Use of Natural Forces

    • Sylwia Wojtczak
    • Paweł Księżak

    OriginalPaper Open access 27 May 2025 Pages: 225 - 237
11. Seriousness and Cohesion of a Religion or Belief: Between Legal Concepts and Dictionary Definitions

    • Piotr Stanisz
    • Daria Bębeniec

    OriginalPaper Open access 29 June 2025 Pages: 239 - 256
12. Orthodox Iconic Imagination as a ‘Translational’ Legal Fact: Religious Difference and Urban Intercultural Ecology

    • Simona Fabiola Girneata

    OriginalPaper Open access 29 August 2025 Pages: 257 - 291

    
13. With Due Force: A Corpus-Based Study of Boosters in Supreme Court Judgements

    • Patrizia Giampieri
    • Vanessa Leonardi

    OriginalPaper 26 June 2025 Pages: 293 - 317
14. Exploring Translators’ Perceptions of Translation Decisions in Courtroom Translation

    • Shuangjiao Wu
    • Mansour Amini
    • Omer Hassan Ali Mahfoodh

    OriginalPaper 24 April 2025 Pages: 319 - 339
15. The Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Rendition of Certain Articles of Ḥanbalī Sharīʿa Code into English: A Comparison of Automatic and Human Evaluation of Translation Output Quality of ChatGPT and Gemini in Arabic–English Legal Translation

    • Rafat Y. Alwazna

    OriginalPaper 07 August 2025 Pages: 341 - 361
16. A Novel Legal Approach for Justifying Economic Sanctions and Tariffs: A Semiotic Analysis of the Second Trump Administration Position

    • Mehmet Onder
    • Malek Abduljaber

    OriginalPaper 05 August 2025 Pages: 363 - 384

    
17. Does Static Interpretation Exist? Ways of Understanding and Applying Dynamic and Static Approaches to Statutory Interpretation in Polish and Spanish Case Law

    • Paulina Konca

    OriginalPaper Open access 08 August 2025 Pages: 385 - 410
18. From Vedic Soma Rituals to Procedural Law: The Primacy of Syntax

    • Bart Jansen

    English Book Review 28 July 2025 Pages: 411 - 416
19. Searching Marx for Property’s Obligations

    • P. T. Babie

    Book Reviews 11 November 2025 Pages: 417 - 424