Language in the Legal Process

By: J. Cotterill (Editor)

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Hardcover | 9 October 2002 | Edition Number 1

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Linguists and lawyers from a range of countries and legal systems explore the language of the law and its participants, beginning with the role of the forensic linguist in legal proceedings, either as expert witness or in legal language reform. Subsequent chapters analyze different aspects of language and interaction in the chain of events from a police emergency call through the police interview context and into the courtroom, as well as appeal court and alternative routes to justice.

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'Cotterill's recent collection reminds us at every turn that the law is neither monolithic nor impersonal. It is made up of a number of strange (and sometimes beautiful) procedures and staffed by a heady mix of individuals who are in the final measure, human...The problems raised are not only problems for linguists and lawyers. They demand consideration from anyone who would be considered a member of society.' - Annabelle Mooney, British Association of Applied Linguistics

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List of Tables	p. vii
List of Figures	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Notes on the Contributors	p. x
Introduction: Language in the Legal Process	p. xv
The Linguist in the Legal Process
To Testify or Not to Testify?	p. 3
Whose Voice Is It? Invented and Concealed Dialogue in Written Records of Verbal Evidence Produced by the Police	p. 19
Textual Barriers to United States Immigration	p. 35
The Language and Law of Product Warnings	p. 54
The Language of the Police and the Police Interview
'I Just Need to Ask Somebody Some Questions': Sensitivities in Domestic Dispute Calls	p. 75
So ...?: Pragmatic Implications of So-Prefaced Questions in Formal Police Interviews	p. 91
'Three's a Crowd': Shifting Dynamics in the Interpreted Interview	p. 111
The Miranda Warnings and Linguistic Coercion: The Role of Footing in the Interrogation of a Limited-English-speaking Murder Suspect	p. 127
The Language of the Courtroom I: Lawyers and Witnesses
'Just One More Time...': Aspects of Intertextuality in the Trials of O.J. Simpson	p. 147
'Evidence Given in Unequivocal Terms': Gaining Consent of Aboriginal Young People in Court	p. 162
The Clinton Scandal: Some Legal Lessons from Linguistics	p. 180
Understanding the Other: A Case of Mis-Interpreting Culture-Specific Utterances during Alternative Dispute Resolution	p. 196
The Language of the Courtroom II: Judges and Juries
The Meaning of 'I Go Bankrupt': An Essay in Forensic Linguistics	p. 213
'If you were Standing in Marks and Spencers': Narrativisation and Comprehension in the English Summing-up	p. 228
Reasonable Doubt about Reasonable Doubt: Assessing Jury Instruction Adequacy in a Capital Case	p. 246
Discipline and Punishment in the Discourse of Legal Decisions on Rape Trials	p. 260
Index	p. 275
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