Cheng Le, Wagner Anne (Editors). Exploring Courtroom Discourse: The Language of Power and Control

Ashgate, 2011. — xviii, 267 pp. — (Law, Language and Communication). — ISBN: 978-1-4094-2348-5.This volume presents a combination of practical, empirical research data and theoretical reflection to provide a comparative view of language and discourse in the courtroom. The work explores how the various disciplines of law and linguistics can help us understand the nature of "Power and Control" - both oral and written - and how it might be clarified to unravel linguistic representation of legal reality. It presents and examines the most recent research and theories at national and international levels. The book represents a valuable contribution to the study and analysis of courtroom discourse and courtroom cultures more generally. It will be of interest to students and researchers working in the areas of language and law, legal theory, interpretation, and semiotics of law.Language, Power and Control in Courtroom Discourse
Power and Control in Language
Understanding Courtroom Communication through Cultural Scripts
Witnesses on Trial: Address and Referring Terms in US Cases
(False) Confessions Become Compelling at Trial
The Role of Metadiscourse in Counsels’ Questions
Constructing Legal Narratives: Client-lawyers’ Stories
Power and Control behind Language
Magical Images in Law
The Construction of Admissions of Fault through American Rules of Evidence: Speech, Silence and Signifcance in the Legal Creation of Liability
The Construction of Truth in Legal Decision-making
Hidden Penalties Faced by Non-English Speakers in the UK Criminal Justice System: An Interpreting Perspective
Language Alternation in Kenyan and Malaysian Courts
The Place of Arbitration in Online Proceedings as a Simulacrum