The language of murder cases : intentionality, predisposition, and voluntariness /

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 i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shuy, Roger W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Forensic linguistics > United States.
Trials (Murder) > United States.
Linguistique légale > États-Unis.
Procès (Meurtre) > États-Unis.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Forensic linguistics.
Trials (Murder)
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 because mental states are virtually impossible to define. Their meaning, therefore, must be adduced either by inferences and assumptions or by any available language evidence.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0190203226
9780190203221

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