| Description |
xiv, 476 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Language in social life series |
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Language in social life series.
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| Contents |
Introduction: language constructing law / John Gibbons -- 1. The language of the law / Yon Maley -- 2. Accident and absolute liability in anthropology / Laurence Goldman -- 3. Orality, literacy, and performativity in Anglo-Saxon wills / Brenda Danet and Bryna Bogoch -- 4. Cognitive structuring in legislative provisions / Vijay Bhatia -- 5. Ideological exchanges in British magistrates courts / Sandra Harris -- 6. Video depositions: linguistic endorsement and caveats / Bethyl A. Pearson and Rebecca White Berch -- 7. Lawyer's response to language constructing law / Margaret O'Toole -- Language and disadvantage before the law / John Gibbons -- 8. Cross-examining children in criminal courts: child welfare under attack / Mark Brennan -- 9. Interactional styles in the courtroom: an example from northern Australia / Michael Walsh -- 10. A case of communicative clash: Aboriginal English and the legal system / Diana Eades |
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11. Addressing social issues through linguistic evidence / William Labov and Wendell A. Harris -- 12. Lawyer's response to language and disadvantage before the law / John Carroll -- Forensic linguistics / John Gibbons -- 13. Auditory and acoustic analysis in speaker recognition / Francis Nolan -- 14. The limitations of voice identification / Alex Jones -- 15. Forensic analysis of personal written texts: a case study / Robert Eagleson -- 16. Computers, statistics and disputed authorship / Wilfrid Smith -- 17. Powerful evidence for the defence: an exercise in forensic discourse analysis / Malcolm Coulthard -- 18. Confidentiality of linguistic material: the case of Aboriginal land claims / Jane Simpson -- 19. Lawyer's response to forensic linguistics / Dyson Heydon |
| Summary |
"Language in Social Life Series is a major series which highlights the importance of language to an understanding of issues of social and professional concern. It will be of practical relevance to all those wanting to understand how the ways we communicate both influence and are influenced by the structures and forces of contemporary social institutions." "There is a rapidly expanding interest among lawyers, linguists, sociologists and anthropologists in the topic of language and the law. This book provides a valuable contribution to the limited range of resources on this issue."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Law |
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Linguistics |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-469) and index |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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Law -- Language.
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Legal composition.
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Psycholinguistics.
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| Author |
Gibbons, John, 1946-
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| LC no. |
93005621 |
| ISBN |
058210145X |
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0582229766 |
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