| The Language of Jury Trial: A Corpus-Aided Analysis of Legal-Lay Discourse 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Heffer, C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 134952137X ISBN-13: 9781349521371 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Jury - Law | Dictionaries & Terminology - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics |
| Dewey: 347.070 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.78 lbs) 253 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Drawing on representative corpora of transcripts from over 100 English criminal jury trials, this stimulating new book explores the nature of 'legal-lay discourse', or the language used by legal professionals before lay juries. Careful analyses of genres such as witness examination and the judge's summing-up reveal a strategic tension between a desire to persuade the jury and the need to conform to legal constraints. The book also suggests ways of managing this tension linguistically to help, not hinder, the jury. |