Ebook: The language of murder cases : intentionality, predisposition, and voluntariness
Author: Shuy Roger W
- Tags: Forensic linguistics -- United States. Trials (Murder) -- United States. Forensic linguistics. Murder trials -- United States. Murder trials. LAW -- Criminal Law -- General. Trials (Murder) United States.
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- City: United States
- Language: English
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This volume describes 15 court cases for which Roger Shuy served as an expert language witness and explains the issues at stake in those cases for lawyers and linguists. Murder case investigations and trials are guided by the important legal terms describing the mental states of defendants - their intentionality, predisposition, and voluntariness. Statutes and dictionaries can provide only loose definitions, largely Read more...
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The Language of Murder Cases describes fifteen court cases for which Roger Shuy served as an expert language witness, and explains the issues at stake in those cases for lawyers and linguists. Read more...
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