Language in the judicial process /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Levi, Judith N., Walker, Anne Graffam
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Plenum Press, [1990]
Series:Law, society, and policy ; v. 5.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The study of language in the judicial process / Judith N. Levi
  • Analyzing language in legal settings
  • Strategies in the contest between lawyer and witness in cross-examination / Paul Drew
  • Narratives and narrative structure in plea bargaining / Douglas W. Maynard
  • Litigant satisfaction versus legal adequacy in small claims court narratives / William M. O'Barr and John M. Conley
  • Legal realism in lawyer-client communication / Austin Sarat and William L. F. Felstiner
  • Transforming language in legal proceedings
  • Bilingual court proceedings: the role of court interpreter / Susan Berk-Seligson
  • Language at work in the law: the customs, conventions, and appellate consequences of court reporting / Anne Graffam Walker
  • Construing language for legal purposes
  • Linguistic analysis of conversation as evidence regarding the interpretation of speech events / Georgia M. Green
  • On the use of social conversation as evidence in a court of law / Ellen F. Prince
  • Language and cognition in products liability / Michael G. Johnson
  • Adequacy of cigarette package warnings: an analysis of adequacy of federally mandated cigarette package warnings / Bethany K. Dumas
  • Epilogue: where do we go from here? / Anne Graffam Walker.