Expert testimony on domestic violence [electronic resource] : a discourse analysis / Melissa Hamilton.
Hamilton, Melissa, 1964-
2009
KF8968.7 .H36 2009eb
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Title Expert testimony on domestic violence [electronic resource] : a discourse analysis / Melissa Hamilton.
Author Hamilton, Melissa, 1964-
ISBN 9781593323233 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1593323239 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009.
Language English
Description vi, 207 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number KF8968.7 .H36 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 345.73/02555
Summary "Examines the impact of social science evidence on legal reasoning in domestic violence cases, analyzing the text and rhetoric from a body of appellate opinions in which expert witnesses provided social science-based testimony about domestic violence"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index.
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Series Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
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Introduction
Feminist and social constructivist theories
Critical discourse analysis in the law
Expert witness discourse : the legal framework
Expert witness discourse : constructing the battered woman
The discourses of resistance.

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