Courtroom Talk and Neocolonial Control.

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The book uses critical sociolinguistic analysis to examine the social consequences of courtroom talk. The focus of the study is the cross-examination of three Australian Aboriginal boys who were prosecution witnesses in the case of six police officers charged with their abduction. The analysis revea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eades, Diana
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2008.
Colección:Language, Power & Social Process, v. 22.
Temas:
Trials (Police misconduct) > Australia > Brisbane (Qld.)
Police misconduct > Australia > Pinkeba.
Examination of witnesses > Australia > Language.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Australia.
Intercultural communication > Australia.
Cross-examination > Australia.
Youth, Aboriginal Australian > Legal status, laws, etc.
Procès (Abus de la police) > Australie > Brisbane (Queensl.)
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > Australie.
Contre-interrogatoire > Australie.
Cross-examination
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Intercultural communication
Police misconduct
Trials (Police misconduct)
Pinkenba (Brisbane, Qld.)
Australia
Queensland > Brisbane
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Setting the theoretical scene; Chapter 3. The societal and institutional struggle; Chapter 4. Features of Aboriginal English communicative style; Chapter 5. Lexical strategies; Chapter 6. Linguistic mechanisms for identity construction; Chapter 7. Absolutely no regard whatsoever for law and order: David; Chapter 8. More court appearances than some solicitors: Albert; Chapter 9. Not a person to be overborne: Barry; Chapter 10. No fear of the police: closing the Pinkenba case; Chapter 11. Developments since the Pinkenba case.

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