Title Just words : law, language, and power / John M. Conley and William M. O'Barr

Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998

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Description xvi, 168 pages ; 24 cm Series Language and legal discourse Language and legal discourse. Contents 1. The Politics of Law and the Science of Talk -- 2. The Revictimization of Rape Victims -- 3. The Language of Mediation -- 4. Speaking of Patriarchy -- 5. A Natural History of Disputing -- 6. The Discourses of Law In Cross-Cultural Perspective -- 7. The Discourses of Law in Historical Perspective -- 8. Conclusion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index Issuing Body Full bibliographic record available from Mason's Book Centre Subject Conduct of court proceedings. English language -- Rhetoric -- Sex differences. Law -- Language. Sex discrimination against women. Author O'Barr, William M. LC no. 97043227 ISBN 0226114864 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226114872 (paperback: alk. paper)

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