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Ireland's District Court : language, immigration and consequences for justice /

This title asks how the apparently significant presence of non-Irish people in the District Court - Ireland's busiest court - has affected how these courts are run, and what happens when immigrants appear before the District court.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Waterhouse, Kate, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover ; Ireland's District Court; Contents; List of tables and figures ; Preface; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; Guide to extracts from District Court field notes and interviews; Introduction; Part I: The Irish District Court: its role, function and day-to-day operation ; 1 Introducing the District Court ; 2 Barristers, bench warrants and bail bonds; Part II: Immigration and the Irish District Court: changing context, new challenges; 3 LEP immigrants in Irish courts; Part III: Processing LEP defendants: bilingual cases in the Irish District Court.
  • 4 Interpreting District Court proceedings for non-Irish defendants5 The case of the immigrant: dynamics and discourse; Conclusion; Appendix A: Methodology; Appendix B: Participants; Appendix C: Glossaries of District Court language and jargon; Appendix D: Vignette: unrepresented French defendant; Appendix E: Vignette: dismissal of Polish interpreter; Bibliography; Index.