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Informationen zum Autor John Peter Gibbons Zusammenfassung Explains and describes the ways that language use in the legal system can create inequality and disadvantage. It examines the three main areas where the two intersect: the central issue of the language of the law; the disadvantage which language can impose before the law, and forensic linguistics - the use of linguistic evidence in legal processes. Each section of the book is preceded by an introduction by the editor which sets the paper within a conceptual framework. Lawyer's opinions are not neglected even though the collection is written mainly by linguists. The section concludes with a lawyer's response, in which a prominent lawyer with a particular interest in the content of the section responds to the papers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Language constructing law Introduction, 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 magistrate courts, Snadra 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 Part 2: Language and disadvantage before the law Introduction, 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 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 Part 3: Forensic linguistics Introduction, 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, Wilfred Smith 17. Power ful 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 Bibliography Index ...
