Legal-Lay Communication - Textual Travels in the Law

Zusatztext The importance of this collection, both theoretical and practical, cannot be overstated. Its immediate contribution is obvious, namely that it improves our understanding of communication and interaction between legal and lay participants at various stages of legal processes Informationen zum Autor Chris Heffer is a Senior Lecturer in Language and Communication at Cardiff University, Wales, and the author of The Language of Jury Trial.Frances Rock is a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University and the author of Communicating Rights: The Language of Arrest and Detention. She is one of the editors of the International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law.John Conley is William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the co-author of Just Words: Law, Language, and Power and co-editor of Polar: The Political and Legal Anthropology Review. Klappentext Provides an engaging and thought-provoking exploration of the way texts emerging in the legal process 'travel' in various ways to produce new forms and new meanings in new contexts. Zusammenfassung Provides an engaging and thought-provoking exploration of the way texts emerging in the legal process 'travel' in various ways to produce new forms and new meanings in new contexts.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Chris Heffer, Chris (Senior Lecturer in Linguistics Heffer, Chris Rock Heffer
• Con la collaborazione di: John Conley (Editore), Conley John (Editore), Chris Heffer (Editore), Heffer Chris (Editore), Frances Rock (Editore), Rock Frances (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.09.2013
• EAN: 9780199746842
• ISBN: 978-0-19-974684-2
• Pagine: 352
• Serie: Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics; Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics; Oxford Studies in Sociolinguis
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Sociolinguistics, Social and cultural anthropology, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law