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: 9781138180871
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-138-18087-1
- Verlag: CRC Press
- Erscheinungstermin: 19.01.2017
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2017
- Serie: Language In Social Life
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 453 g
- Seiten: 490
- Format (B x H): 138 x 216 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt