Language of Jury Trial - A Corpus-Aided Analysis of Legal-Lay Discourse

Informationen zum Autor CHRIS HEFFER is a lecturer in the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University, Wales, where he teaches forensic linguistics and language and culture. Klappentext Drawing on representative corpora of transcripts from over 100 English criminal jury trials, this stimulating new book explores the nature of 'legal-lay discourse', or the language used by legal professionals before lay juries. Careful analyses of genres such as witness examination and the judge's summing-up reveal a strategic tension between a desire to persuade the jury and the need to conform to legal constraints. The book also suggests ways of managing this tension linguistically to help, not hinder, the jury. Zusammenfassung Drawing on representative corpora of transcripts from over 100 English criminal jury trials, this stimulating new book explores the nature of 'legal-lay discourse', or the language used by legal professionals before lay juries. Careful analyses of genres such as witness examination and the judge's summing-up reveal a strategic tension between a desire to persuade the jury and the need to conform to legal constraints. The book also suggests ways of managing this tension linguistically to help, not hinder, the jury. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables & Figures Acknowledgements Conventions Introduction PART 1: COMMUNICATION IN JURY TRIAL Legal-Lay Discourse Coming into Court The Trial as Complex Genre PART 2: WITNESS EXAMINATION The Counsel as Narrator The Counsel as Subject PART 3: THE JUDGE'S SUMMING-UP Directing the Jury (Re)Viewing the Case Conclusion Appendices Notes References Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: C Heffer, C. Heffer, Chris Heffer
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2005
• EAN: 9781403942470
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-4247-0
• Pagine: 272
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; B, Rechtswissenschaft, allgemein, Verbrechen und Kriminologie (Kriminalistik), Law, Strafrecht, allgemein, Criminology, Criminal Law, Sociolinguistics, Fundamentals of Law, Crime and criminology, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Jurisprudence and general issues, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Criminal law: procedure and offences