Expert testimony on domestic violence [electronic resource] : a discourse analysis / Melissa Hamilton.
2009
KF8968.7 .H36 2009eb
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Expert testimony on domestic violence [electronic resource] : a discourse analysis / Melissa Hamilton.
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9781593323233 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1593323239 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1593323239 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009.
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English
Description
vi, 207 p. ; 23 cm.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index.
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Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
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Table of Contents
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.
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.