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.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780582101456
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-582-10145-6
- Verlag: Routledge
- Erscheinungstermin: 18.07.1994
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 1994
- Serie: Language In Social Life
- Produktform: Kartoniert
- Gewicht: 613 g
- Seiten: 490
- Format (B x H x T): 140 x 216 x 26 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt