Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I. The language of the law
5. The nature of legal language 7
6. Language education for law professionals 27
7. The language and communication of jury instruction 47
8. Policespeak 67
9. Legal translation 95
10. Part II. The language of the court
11. Questioning in common law criminal courts 115
12. Bilingual courtrooms: In the interests of justice? 131
13. The silent witness: Pragmatic and literal interpretations 161
14. Language and disadvantage before the law 179
15. Interpreting for the minority 197
16. Part III. Forensic linguistic evidence
17. Approaching questions in forensic authorship analysis 215
18. Trademarks and other proprietary terms 231
19. Deception and fraud 249
20. Plagiarism 265
21. Contributors 301
22. Language index 307
23. Subject index 309