Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures xi
4. Transcript conventions and abbreviations xii
5. Acknowledgements xiv
6. PART 1: INTRODUCTION
7. 1: Using sociolinguistics to study the legal process 1
8. PART 2: COURTROOM HEARINGS
9. 2: Researching courtroom talk 27
10. 3: Focus on trials 39
11. 4: Second language speakers and interpreters 63
12. 5: Vulnerable witnesses 83
13. 6: Courtroom talk and societal power relations 105
14. PART 3: POLICE INTERVIEWS
15. 7: Police interviews 131
16. 8: Police interviews with members of minority groups 161
17. PART 4: OTHER LEGAL CONTEXTS
18. 9: Lawyer–client interactions 187
19. 10: Informal and alternative legal processes 205
20. PART 5: CONCLUSION
21. 11: What (else) can sociolinguistics do? 233
22. Notes 259
23. Legal glossary 265
24. Sociolinguistic glossary 269
25. References 273
26. Subject index 295
27. Author index 301