The Language of Jury Trial - E-book

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The Language Of Jury Trial - ENG

A Corpus-aided Analysis Of Legal-lay Discourse

C. Heffer

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ISBN:	9780230502888
Formato:	Page Fidelity
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Derecho
Subtema:	Derecho Penal general
Año de publicación:	2005-11-01

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 judges 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.

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