Language And Power In Court

Author : Le Cheng
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317137469
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Courtroom Discourse written by Le Cheng and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a combination of practical, empirical research data and theoretical reflection to provide a comparative view of language and discourse in the courtroom. The work explores how the various disciplines of law and linguistics can help us understand the nature of "Power and Control" - both oral and written - and how it might be clarified to unravel linguistic representation of legal reality. It presents and examines the most recent research and theories at national and international levels. The book represents a valuable contribution to the study and analysis of courtroom discourse and courtroom cultures more generally. It will be of interest to students and researchers working in the areas of language and law, legal theory, interpretation, and semiotics of law.

Author : J. Cotterill
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230006019
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language and Power in Court written by J. Cotterill and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-10-14 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociolinguists and lawyers will find insight and relevance in this account of the language of the courtroom, as exemplified in the criminal trial of O.J. Simpson. The trial is examined as the site of linguistic power and persuasion, focusing on the role of language in (re)presenting and (re)constructing the crime. In addition to the trial transcripts, the book draws on Simpson's post-arrest interview, media reports and post-trial interviews with jurors. The result is a unique multi-dimensional insight into the 'Trial of the Century' from a linguistic and discursive perspective.

Author : William M. O'Barr
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483297713
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Linguistic Evidence written by William M. O'Barr and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the permission of a North Carolina court, more than 150 hours of courtroom speech were recorded for this study. These tapes provided a rich archive for a variety of different types of inquiry, including the ethnography of courtroom speech and social psychological experiments focused on effects of different modes of presenting information in courts of law. Four sets of linguistic variables and related experimental studies have constituted a major portion of the research: (1) "powerful" versus "powerless" speech; (2) hypercorrect versus formal speech; (3) narrative versus fragmented testimony, and (4) simultaneous speech by witnesses and lawyers. All four sets of studies focus on the central question of importance of form over content of testimony.

Author : John M. Conley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022648453X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just Words written by John M. Conley and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-05-10 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it “just words” when a lawyer cross-examines a rape victim in the hopes of getting her to admit an interest in her attacker? Is it “just words” when the Supreme Court hands down a decision or when business people draw up a contract? In tackling the question of how an abstract entity exerts concrete power, Just Words focuses on what has become the central issue in law and language research: what language reveals about the nature of legal power. John M. Conley, William M. O'Barr, and Robin Conley Riner show how the microdynamics of the legal process and the largest questions of justice can be fruitfully explored through the field of linguistics. Each chapter covers a language-based approach to a different area of the law, from the cross-examinations of victims and witnesses to the inequities of divorce mediation. Combining analysis of common legal events with a broad range of scholarship on language and law, Just Words seeks the reality of power in the everyday practice and application of the law. As the only study of its type, the book is the definitive treatment of the topic and will be welcomed by students and specialists alike. This third edition brings this essential text up to date with new chapters on nonverbal, or “multimodal,” communication in legal settings and law, language, and race.

Author : John M. Conley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226114880
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just Words, Second Edition written by John M. Conley and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005-06-20 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous edition, 1st, published in 1998.

Author : J. Cotterill
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780333969014
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language and Power in Court written by J. Cotterill and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-10-14 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociolinguists and lawyers will find insight and relevance in this account of the language of the courtroom, as exemplified in the criminal trial of O.J. Simpson. The trial is examined as the site of linguistic power and persuasion, focusing on the role of language in (re)presenting and (re)constructing the crime. In addition to the trial transcripts, the book draws on Simpson's post-arrest interview, media reports and post-trial interviews with jurors. The result is a unique multi-dimensional insight into the 'Trial of the Century' from a linguistic and discursive perspective.

Author : Roger Shuy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 063120153X
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Crimes written by Roger Shuy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1996-06-03 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language Crimes tells the story of some of the remarkable criminal court cases in which Roger Shuy has served as a consultant or expert witness. These intriguing cases show how linguistic analysis can help the courts unravel the ambiguities of taped conversations used in evidence.

Author : Janny H. C. Leung
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107112842
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Meaning and Power in the Language of Law written by Janny H. C. Leung and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new perspective on how far law's power derives from socially situated communication rather than from abstract rules.

Author : Anne Wagner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781315581620
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Courtroom Discourse written by Anne Wagner and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William M. O'Barr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Linguistic Evidence written by William M. O'Barr and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: