Confronting the Death Penalty: How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases
Robin Conley
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Hardback. Series: Oxford Studies in Language and Law. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFMC; LAQ; LAR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 28. .
Confronting the Death Penalty: How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases probes how jurors make the ultimate decision about whether another human being should live or die. Drawing on ethnographic and qualitative linguistic methods, this book explores the means through which language helps to make death penalty decisions possible - how specific linguistic choices mediate and restrict jurors', attorneys', and judges' actions and experiences while serving and reflecting on capital trials. The analysis draws on fifteen months of ethnographic fieldwork in diverse counties across Texas, including participant observation in four capital trials and post-verdict interviews with the ... Read more
Confronting the Death Penalty: How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases probes how jurors make the ultimate decision about whether another human being should live or die. Drawing on ethnographic and qualitative linguistic methods, this book explores the means through which language helps to make death penalty decisions possible - how specific linguistic choices mediate and restrict jurors', attorneys', and judges' actions and experiences while serving and reflecting on capital trials. The analysis draws on fifteen months of ethnographic fieldwork in diverse counties across Texas, including participant observation in four capital trials and post-verdict interviews with the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Oxford Studies in Language and Law
Condition
New
Weight
398g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199334162
SKU
V9780199334162
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Ref
99-28
About Robin Conley
Robin Conley is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Marshall University.
Reviews for Confronting the Death Penalty: How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases
There is no doubt that profound lessons from this book can shed new light on the implementation and management of capital pubishment in America.
Zhonghua Wu, Journal of Language and Politics
Zhonghua Wu, Journal of Language and Politics