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dc.contributor.authorEades, Dianaen
local.source.editorEditor(s): Rajend Mesthrieen
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-19T15:32:00Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.citationThe Cambridge Handbook of Sociolinguistics, p. 377-395en
dc.identifier.isbn9781139142373en
dc.identifier.isbn9781139144032en
dc.identifier.isbn9780521897075en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/10463-
dc.description.abstractLanguage use is central to everything that happens in the legal process, and legal professionals share with sociolinguists a fascination with how language works. Thus, the legal process is an institutional context of considerable interest to sociolinguists. From the beginnings of sociolinguistic investigations of language in the legal process, about three decades ago, there has been a focus on issues of power. This is hardly surprising, since legal systems exist in large measure to exercise control, over actions deemed unacceptable, unlawful, or unfair. Following the developments in sociolinguistic studies of language and the law provides an insight into the ways in which sociolinguistics as a discipline has theorized and examined power over the last three decades or so. It also provides a good view of broader developments within the discipline, in terms of approaches to data collection, analysis, and theory-building. Most sociolinguistic research on language and the law which has been published in English has been undertaken in the common law legal system, in countries such as Australia, Canada, the UK, and the USA as well as other former British colonies, with some work also in the continental legal system found in most of Europe. While there are many local variations, the most striking differences between the two systems lie in the adversarial nature of legal proceedings and the reliance on judge-made or case law in the common law system, in contrast to the inquisitorial nature of legal proceedings and the reliance on written codes of law in the continental legal system. Sociolinguistic research on the common law legal system in English-speaking countries has concentrated on criminal proceedings more than civil proceedings.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofThe Cambridge Handbook of Sociolinguisticsen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguisticsen
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dc.titleSociolinguistics and the lawen
dc.typeBook Chapteren
dc.subject.keywordsLanguage in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)en
dc.subject.keywordsDiscourse and Pragmaticsen
dc.subject.keywordsLaw and Societyen
local.contributor.firstnameDianaen
local.subject.for2008180119 Law and Societyen
local.subject.for2008200405 Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)en
local.subject.for2008200403 Discourse and Pragmaticsen
local.subject.seo2008940499 Justice and the Law not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008949999 Law, Politics and Community Services not elsewhere classifieden
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local.profile.schoolSchool of Psychologyen
local.profile.emaildeades2@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
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local.publisher.placeCambridge, United Kingdomen
local.identifier.totalchapters23en
local.format.startpage377en
local.format.endpage395en
local.contributor.lastnameEadesen
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local.title.maintitleSociolinguistics and the lawen
local.output.categorydescriptionB1 Chapter in a Scholarly Booken
local.relation.urlhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/158274407en
local.relation.urlhttp://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521897075en
local.search.authorEades, Dianaen
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local.year.published2011en
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