From Truth to Technique At Trial - A Discursive History of Advocacy Advice Texts

Informationen zum Autor Philip Gaines is Professor of English at Montana State University. He holds an MA in Linguistics and a PhD in English Language Studies, with a concentration in Language and Law, both from the University of Washington. His research interests lie in the analysis of the discourse and rhetorical structure of the language of lawyers and police interviewers. Klappentext In this first ever discourse analysis of advocacy advice texts-manuals, handbooks, and other how-to guides written by lawyers for lawyers. Zusammenfassung In this first ever discourse analysis of advocacy advice texts-manuals, handbooks, and other how-to guides written by lawyers for lawyers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction: Advocacy in the Modern Anglo-American Trial Chapter 2: Pleading for Truth Chapter 3: Honorable Persuasion Chapter 4: Directing Minds Chapter 5: The Invention of Defenses Chapter 6: Technique for Success Chapter 7: Metavalues and Practice: The Long View Works Cited

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Philip Gaines, Philip (Professor and Chair Gaines, Gaines Philip
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 19.05.2016
• EAN: 9780199333608
• ISBN: 978-0-19-933360-8
• Seiten: 232
• Serien: Oxford Studies in Language and Law; Oxford Studies in Language and
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht; Discourse Analysis, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Historical & comparative linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Law & society, Historical and comparative linguistics, Law and society, sociology of law