"I'm sorry for what I've done" : the language of courtroom apologies /
Gruber examines 52 apologetic allocutions produced during federal sentencing hearings. Defendants raised the topics of the offence, mitigation, future behaviour, and the sentence in diverse ways, and this book explores the pros and cons associated with different forms.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in language and law.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Gruber examines 52 apologetic allocutions produced during federal sentencing hearings. Defendants raised the topics of the offence, mitigation, future behaviour, and the sentence in diverse ways, and this book explores the pros and cons associated with different forms. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 241 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199364817 0199364818 9780199325672 0199325677 |