Abstract:
The present study is a discursive-pragmatic approach to pleadings. The aim of the article resides in analysing the legal discourse (pleadings) from the perspective of communicative behaviours and the possibilities of combinations that derive from the interaction of the sender’s choices and coercions. The pleading is a well structured discourse which is presented in an original manner with the purpose of obtaining a desired result – manipulation of the audience. Hence, we analysed the role of argumentation and persuasion in creating a pleading, the fundamental elements of the pleading and the lawyer’s skills in drafting this type of legal discourse. The ability to transpose legal rules into words capable to influence the receiver of the act of communication is proof of the fact that pleading is an art.
