Language and the law / edited by John Gibbons
- Bib ID:
- 1840005
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- London ; New York : Longman, 1994
- xiv, 476 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0582229766 (CSD) (cased)
- 058210145X (PPR) (paper)
- Series:
- Language in social life series.
- Full contents:
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- 11. Addressing social issues through linguistic evidence / William Labov and Wendell A. Harris
- 12. Lawyer's response to language and disadvantage before the law / John Carroll
- Forensic linguistics / John Gibbons
- 13. Auditory and acoustic analysis in speaker recognition / Francis Nolan
- 14. The limitations of voice identification / Alex Jones
- 15. Forensic analysis of personal written texts: a case study / Robert Eagleson
- 16. Computers, statistics and disputed authorship / Wilfrid Smith
- 17. Powerful evidence for the defence: an exercise in forensic discourse analysis / Malcolm Coulthard
- 18. Confidentiality of linguistic material: the case of Aboriginal land claims / Jane Simpson
- 19. Lawyer's response to forensic linguistics / Dyson Heydon.
- Partial contents:
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- Introduction: language constructing law / John Gibbons
- 1. The language of the law / Yon Maley
- 2. Accident and absolute liability in anthropology / Laurence Goldman
- 3. Orality, literacy, and performativity in Anglo-Saxon wills / Brenda Danet and Bryna Bogoch
- 4. Cognitive structuring in legislative provisions / Vijay Bhatia
- 5. Ideological exchanges in British magistrates courts / Sandra Harris
- 6. Video depositions: linguistic endorsement and caveats / Bethyl A. Pearson and Rebecca White Berch
- 7. Lawyer's response to language constructing law / Margaret O'Toole
- Language and disadvantage before the law / John Gibbons
- 8. Cross-examining children in criminal courts: child welfare under attack / Mark Brennan
- 9. Interactional styles in the courtroom: an example from northern Australia / Michael Walsh
- 10. A case of communicative clash: Aboriginal English and the legal system / Diana Eades.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-469) and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Gibbons, John, 1946-
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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