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

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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...

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Main Author: Heffer, Chris (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:
Linguistics.
Criminal Law.
Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Fundamentals of Law.
Sociolinguistics.
Criminal law.
Criminology.
Law > Philosophy.
Law.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XXI, 253 pages)
ISBN:9780230502888
DOI:10.1057/9780230502888