Legal-lay communication: textual travels in the law
'Legal-Lay Communication' combines a range of perspectives on a key theme in language and law with a specific theoretical focus on how texts 'travel' through the legal process. The chapters in the book explore aspects of legal-lay communication, or those nodes of interaction whe…
'Legal-Lay Communication' combines a range of perspectives on a key theme in language and law with a specific theoretical focus on how texts 'travel' through the legal process. The chapters in the book explore aspects of legal-lay communication, or those nodes of interaction whe…
Myriad forms of communication occur within the criminal justice system as judges and attorneys speak to juries, law enforcement officers interact with the public, and the news media presents stories of events in courtrooms. Hindrances abound, however. Law enforcement officers an…
Ambiguity is commonly considered unintentional while deception is considered intentional. Here, Roger W. Shuy describes fifteen criminal cases in which police, prosecutors, and undercover agents used deceptive ambiguity with criminal suspects and defendants, many times giving ev…
Ambiguity is commonly considered unintentional while deception is considered intentional. Here, Roger W. Shuy describes fifteen criminal cases in which police, prosecutors, and undercover agents used deceptive ambiguity with criminal suspects and defendants, many times giving ev…
