Ideology in the Language of Judges - How Judges Practice Law, Politics, and Courtroom Control

Zusatztext The author uses fine-grained analysis of courtroom language to reveal the pervasive influence of ideology on trial court judges' practices. Followers of Philips's pioneering work on legal language will not be disappointed; the volume lives up to the exacting standard she set for the field in her early articles on courtroom (and classroom) discourse. Klappentext Philips looks at the languages of judges in the courtroom to show that, while judges see themselves as impartial agents of the constitutional right to due process, there is actually much diversity in the way that judges interract with defendants due to their interpretations of the law, their attitudes toward courtroom control, and their own political-ideological stances regarding due process. She uses courtroom transcripts, interviews, and the written law itself to show how ideological diversity is organized in legal discourse. Zusammenfassung Studying the language of judges in courtrooms, the author of this text demonstrates that they are not impartial arbiters of due process, but are influenced by their own political-ideological stance and interpretation of the law. The effect on their interaction with defendants is shown.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Philips, Susan U. Philips, Susan U. (Professor of Anthropology Philips, Philips Susan U.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1998
• EAN: 9780195113419
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511341-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics; Oxford Studies in Anthropologi; Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; USA, England, Wales, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LAW / Courts, LAW / Trial Practice, Sociolinguistics, United States of America, USA, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, Wales / Cymru