Sociolinguistics and the Legal Process : MM Textbooks : Book 5 - Dr. Diana Eades

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Sociolinguistics and the Legal Process

By: Dr. Diana Eades

eBook | 6 April 2010 | Edition Number 1

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Sociolinguistics and the Legal Process is an introduction to language, law and society for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. Its central focus is the exploration of what sociolinguistic research can tell us about how language works and doesn't work in the legal process. Written for readers who may not have prior knowledge of sociolinguistics or the law, the book has an accessible style combined with discussion questions and exercises as well as topics for assignments, term papers, theses and dissertations. A wide range of legal contexts are investigated, including courtroom hearings, police interviews, lawyer interviews as well as small claims courts, mediation, youth justice conferencing and indigenous courts. The final chapter looks at how sociolinguists can contribute to the legal process: as expert witnesses, through legal education, and through investigating the role of language in the perpetuation of inequality in and through the legal process.

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Because of its textbook orientation, the book contains various exercises, class discussion sections, and assignments for further research interspersed throughout each chapter, all of which are thought-provoking and carefully integrated into the content of each chapter. This textbook is a worthwhile and informative introduction to the sociolinguistic dimension of the legal process.

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