Language and Legal Judgments: Evaluation and Argument in Judicial Discourse (Law, Language and Communication)

By: Stanisław Goźdź-Roszkowski

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Synopsis: Integrating research methods from Linguistics with contemporary Legal Argumentation Theory, this book highlights the complexities of legal justification by focusing on the role of value-laden language in argument construction and use. The combination of linguistic analysis and the pragma-dialectic approach to legal argumentation yields a new way of perceiving and understanding the phenomenon of evaluation, one that offers theoretical and practical gains. Analyzing a vast corpus of judicial opinions from the United States Supreme Court and Poland’s Constitutional Court, the book paints a clear picture of complex linguistic choices made by judges to assess and support arguments in the justifications of their decisions. The book will be of interest to scholars in Law, Linguistics and Rhetoric, as well as to judges and practicing lawyers engaged in the art of argumentation.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 174 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781003847847
Related ISBNs:: 9781032366920, 9781032366906, 9781003333302
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 02/06/24
Copyrighted By:: Stanisław Goźdź-Roszkowski
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Language Arts, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Communication
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.