Law, Language and the Courtroom: Legal Linguistics and the Discourse of Judges (Law, Language and Communication)

Synopsis

This book explores the language of judges. It is concerned with understanding how language works in judicial contexts. Using a range of disciplinary and methodological perspectives, it looks in detail at the ways in which judicial discourse is argued, constructed, interpreted and perceived. Focusing on four central themes - constructing judicial discourse and judicial identities, judicial argumentation and evaluative language, judicial interpretation, and clarity in judicial discourse - the book’s ultimate goal is to provide a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of current critical issues of the role of language in judicial settings. Contributors include legal linguists, lawyers, legal scholars, legal practitioners, legal translators and anthropologists, who explore patterns of linguistic organisation and use in judicial institutions and analyse language as an instrument for understanding both the judicial decision-making process and its outcome. The book will be an invaluable resource for scholars in legal linguistics and those specialising in judicial argumentation and reasoning ,and forensic linguists interested in the use of language in judicial settings.

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

246 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000483864

Related ISBNs:

9780367721886, 9781003153771, 9780367721855

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

12/02/21

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Stanisław Goźdź-Roszkowski and Gianluca Pontrandolfo

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Language Arts, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Communication

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Gianluca Pontrandolfo

Edited by:

Stanislaw Gozdz Roszkowski