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Author Hamilton, Melissa

Title Expert Testimony on Domestic Violence : a Discourse Analysis
Published El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (213 pages)
Series Law and Society
Recht und Gesellschaft.
Contents Introduction -- Feminist and social constructivist theories -- Critical discourse analysis in the law -- Expert witness discourse : the legal framework -- Expert witness discourse : constructing the battered woman -- The discourses of resistance
Summary Hamilton examines the impact of social science evidence on legal reasoning in domestic violence cases. Relying on interdisciplinary theories and methodologies in law, Hamilton analyzes the text and rhetoric from a body of appellate opinions in which expert witnesses provided social science-based testimony about domestic violence. Expert testimony was highly influential on, yet was rarely challenged by, the appellate judges. From this body of judicial writings, Hamilton uncovers typologies of battered women, battering men, and abusive relationships. She also notes the discursive tension in the
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index
Notes English
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Subject Forensic sociology -- United States
Evidence, Expert -- United States
Family violence -- Law and legislation -- United States
Abused women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- California -- Cases
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
Abused women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Evidence, Expert
Family violence -- Law and legislation
Forensic sociology
California
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Trials, litigation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009003092
ISBN 9781593325473
1593325479