Legal-lay discourse and procedural justice in family and county courts
Focusing on adversarial legal settings, this Element explores discursive practices in court proceedings which often involve unrepresented parties - private family proceedings and small claims cases. Such proceedings present the main caseload of county and family courts, but pose immense challenges w...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY
Cambridge University Press
2024
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| Series: | Cambridge elements. Elements in forensic linguistics
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Legal-lay discourse
- Discourse of civil and family proceedings
- Discursive practices, procedural justice, and legal participation
- Language data and empirical methods
- Discursive practices in child arrangements proceedings
- Discursive practices in financial remedy proceedings
- Discursive practices in county courts
- Concluding thoughts and future directions