| 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: 1403942471 ISBN-13: 9781403942470 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Law | Jury - Law | Dictionaries & Terminology |
| Dewey: 347.070 |
| LCCN: 2006280016 |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.04" W x 8.58" (0.98 lbs) 253 pages |