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Language of Jury Trial: A Corpus-Aided Analysis of Legal-Lay Discourse (2005)

by Heffer, C

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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 judge's 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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  • Palgrave Macmillan Brand
  • Nov 1, 2005 Pub Date:
  • 1403942471 ISBN-10:
  • 9781403942470 ISBN-13:
  • 274.0 pages Hardcover
  • English Language
  • 8.58 in * 0.83 in * 6.04 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: