Exploring Courtroom Discourse : The Language of Power and Control (Hardcover)

Chapter 1 Language, Power and Control in Courtroom Discourse, Anne Wagner, Le Cheng; Part 1 Power and Control in Language; Chapter 2 Understanding Courtroom Communication through Cultural Scripts, Kim McCaul; Chapter 3 Witnesses on Trial, Sarah Dettenwanger; Chapter 4 (False) Confessions Become Compelling at Trial, Gillian Grebler; Chapter 5 The Role of Metadiscourse in Counsels’ Questions, Silvia Cavalieri; Chapter 6 Constructing Legal Narratives, Flora Di Donato; Part 2 Power and Control behind Language; Chapter 7 Magical Images in Law, Christine A. Coreos; Chapter 8 The Construction of Admissions of Fault through American Rules of Evidence, Janet Ainsworth; Chapter 9 The Construction of Truth in Legal Decision-making, Petrina Schiavi; Chapter 10 Hidden Penalties Faced by Non-English Speakers in the UK Criminal Justice System, Roxana Rycroft; Chapter 11 Language Alternation in Kenyan and Malaysian Courts, Richard Powell, Maya Khemlani David; Chapter 12 The Place of Arbitration in Online Proceedings as a Simulacrum, Joanna Jemielniak;