legal communication

The article regards the problem of interpretation of legal discourse of mass-media and text with the help of hermeneutic-communicative and legal-linguistic methods. It analyzes the stages of research of legal text in order to avoid diverse interpretations and hermeneutic “mistakes” in legal discourse of mass-media perception.

The article deals with the legal newspaper discourse, particularly the definition of the concept “legal newspaper discourse” is emphasized; its features are outlined; the functions which express the essence and social purpose of legal discourse in newspaper production are characterized; the subtypes of legal newspaper discourse that is often devoted to trying a case are distinguished.