Now Available Vol 39(6) International Journal for the Semiotics of Law/ Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique (IJSL)--"Exploring Tensions in Law and Legal Semiotics"

  

I am delighted to announce that Volume 39(6) of the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law is now available online.  The 25 essays in the issue raise a broad range of topics and offer quite interesting insights. Among them are a number of essays on semiotic engagement with artificial intelligence. 

 Many of the articles are open access.  Titles, authors  and links are provided below.  

 

25 articles in this issue

1. The Evaporation of the Signifier: Law, Semiotics, and AI’s Hollow Texts

   • Olivia Ruhil

   OriginalPaper 08 September 2025 Pages: 1721 - 1730

   Part of 1 collection:

   • Metaphor and Legal Interpretation: A Rhizomatic Mapping of Law
2. A Doctrine of Insignificant Presence: Legal Survivals and the Erasure of Indigenous Rights

   • Ánde Somby

   OriginalPaper Open access 10 September 2025 Pages: 1731 - 1749
3. Micro- and Macro-Perspectives in the Analysis of Dual Normative Structures in Law: A Reinterpretation of Classical Theories

   • Oskar Pogorzelski

   OriginalPaper Open access 14 October 2025 Pages: 1751 - 1768
4. Field Analysis of Vietnamese Criminal Precedents from a Systemic Functional Linguistics Perspective

   • Ly Tuan Phan

   OriginalPaper 29 October 2025 Pages: 1769 - 1792

   
5. The Absent Framework: A Legal Semiotics Inquiry into the Destruction of Collective Memory through Cultural Heritage Loss

   • Isabella Salsano

   OriginalPaper Open access 06 November 2025 Pages: 1793 - 1819

   
6. Semiotics and Cyber Victimology in Interpreting the Signs of Digital Victimization

   • Zico Junius Fernando
   • Arimbi Fajari Furqon

   OriginalPaper 19 November 2025 Pages: 1821 - 1843
7. Deconstructing ‘Responsible AI’: An Examination of Legal and Ethical Accountability Through Virtue Jurisprudence

   • Shilun Zhou

   OriginalPaper Open access 19 November 2025 Pages: 1845 - 1866
8. Speaking Law: Karakia and the Juridical Semiotics of Authority in Aotearoa New Zealand

   • Abhinav Singh

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2025 Pages: 1867 - 1886
9. Interpreters in UK Asylum Appeals: Evidence and Impact

   • Alice Richardson

   OriginalPaper Open access 08 December 2025 Pages: 1887 - 1915

   
10. A Corpus-Based Analysis of ChatGPT English Translation of Terms in the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China (Contract) from the Perspective of Functional Theories of Translation

    • Yeqing Xu

    Original Paper 08 December 2025 Pages: 1917 - 1936
11. Between Human and Machine: A Dual Translational Approach to Qur’anic Legal Terminologies and Semantics

    • Hamada S. A. Hassanein

    OriginalPaper 08 December 2025 Pages: 1937 - 1965
12. Semiotics of Physical Evidence in Criminal Rulings in Saudi Judicial Texts: A Multimodal Discourse Analysis

    • Bunder Sebail Alshammari
    • Khaled Nasser Alfraidi
    • Mohamed Eissa

    OriginalPaper 18 December 2025 Pages: 1967 - 1993

    
13. Legal Ambiguity, Linguistic Challenges, and Firearm Hesitation: Rethinking Police Use of Force in Vietnam

    • Thuyen Duy Trinh

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2025 Pages: 1995 - 2016

    
14. Dictionaries in Legal Interpretation as a Time-Sensitive Argument, or on Atemporal and Temporal Justifications

    • Agnieszka Bielska-Brodziak
    • Marlena Drapalska-Grochowicz
    • Marek Suska

    OriginalPaper Open access 09 January 2026 Pages: 2017 - 2046

    Part of 1 collection:

    • Metaphor and Legal Interpretation: A Rhizomatic Mapping of Law
15. A Semiotic Analysis of Arab Political Cartoons on U.S. President Trump

    • Abdulazeez Jaradat
    • Ahmad S. Haider
    • Mohammed Dagamseh

    OriginalPaper 12 January 2026 Pages: 2047 - 2069

    
16. Law as Sign, Justice as Symbol: A Semiotic Analysis of Legal Aid and Justice Delivery in Assam

    • Y. Monojit Singha

    OriginalPaper 22 January 2026 Pages: 2071 - 2091
17. The Temporal Semiotics of Legislation: A Qur’anic–Hadithic Structural Approach to Environmental and Digital Ethics

    • Abdelghni El Amoumri

    OriginalPaper 22 January 2026 Pages: 2093 - 2105
18. Constitutional Justice as a Language of Rights: A Semiotic Approach to Human Rights Protection in Latin America

    • Henry Antonio Armijos Campoverde
    • Diego Granja Zurita
    • Hector F. Gomez A.

    OriginalPaper 28 January 2026 Pages: 2107 - 2131

    
19. Metaphors of Justice: A Cognitive-Semiotic Mapping of Judicial Reasoning in Environmental Adjudication

    • Rawnak Miraj Ul Azam

    OriginalPaper 06 February 2026 Pages: 2133 - 2160

    Part of 1 collection:

    • Metaphor and Legal Interpretation: A Rhizomatic Mapping of Law
20. Metaphorical Peace: Translating the Women Peace and Security Agenda in the Arab World

    • Catherine Turner
    • Sarah Al-Areqi

    OriginalPaper Open access 13 March 2026 Pages: 2161 - 2181

    Part of 1 collection:

    • Metaphor and Legal Interpretation: A Rhizomatic Mapping of Law

    
21. A Comparative Study of Humans and Machine Learning in Metaphor Detection: Translations of Legal Metaphors in English and Turkish HUDOC Judgments

    • Özgür Şen Bartan
    • Elif Arıca Akkök
    • Kadir Yiğit Us

    OriginalPaper 18 March 2026 Pages: 2183 - 2204

    Part of 1 collection:

    • Metaphor and Legal Interpretation: A Rhizomatic Mapping of Law

    
22. The Empty Owner: Entire People’s Ownership, Legal Semiotics, and the Jural Subject in Vietnamese Land Law

    • Tran Nguyen
    • Duy Dinh

    OriginalPaper 08 August 2026 Pages: 2205 - 2233
23. Angela Condello, Anne Wagner (Eds.): Review of Gender Stereotypes: Case Studies, Policies and Theoretical Approaches

    • Shengjiao Tian

    Book Reviews 15 April 2026 Pages: 2235 - 2240
24. Liping Zhang: Lawyer Evaluation in Chinese Courtroom: A Social-Semiotic Perspective

    • Wenzhou Shu
    • Peter Chai
    • Na Yang

    Book Reviews 09 May 2026 Pages: 2241 - 2245
25. Justice, Forgiveness, Promise: Mutuality as a Plane of Empowerment of the Subject

    • Michał Kumorek

    OriginalPaper Open access 01 August 2025 Pages: 2247 - 2269

    Part of 1 collection:

    • On Ricoeur: Justice, Hermeneutics, Responsibility, and Personal Identity