The Language of jury trial : a corpus-aided analysis of legal-lay discourse / Chris Heffer.

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Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

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25790

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Law -- Language.

Jury.

Contents:

Pt I Communication in jury trial

1. Legal-lay discourse

2. Coming into court

3. The trial as complex genre

Pt II Witness examination

4. The counsel as narrator

5. The counsel as subject

Pt III The judge's summing-up

6. Directing the jury

7. (Re)viewing the case

8. Conclusion.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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9781403942470

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xxi, 253 p.