Loading…
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.
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2015.
|
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.