Sociolinguistics and the Legal Process is an introduction to language, law and society for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. Its central focus i

Linguists and lawyers from a range of countries and legal systems explore the language of the law and its participants, beginning with the role of the forensic

Looks at the common areas of interaction between linguistics and the legal process

Since many legal disputes are battles over the meaning of a statute, contract, testimony, or the Constitution, judges must interpret language in order to decide

This book explores the language of judges. It is concerned with understanding how language works in judicial contexts. Using a range of disciplinary and methodo