Exploring Courtroom Discourse: The Language of Power and Control

Contents: Foreword: power of and to language in law, Deborah Cao Language, power and control in courtroom discourse, Anne Wagner and Le Cheng Part I Power and Control in Language: Understanding courtroom communication through cultural scripts, Kim McCaul Witnesses on trial: address and referring terms in US cases, Sarah Dettenwanger (False) confessions become compelling at trial, Gillian Grebler The role of metadiscourse in counsels' questions, Silvia Cavalieri Constructing legal narratives: client-lawyer stories, Flora Di Donato. Part II Power and Control Behind Language: Magical images in law, Christine A. Corcos The construction of admissions of fault through American rules of evidence: speech, silence and significance in the legal creation of liability, Janet Ainsworth The construction of truth in legal decision-making, Petrina Schiavi Hidden penalties faced by non-English speakers in the UK criminal justice system: an interpreting perspective, Roxana Rycroft Language alternation in Kenyan and Malaysian courts, Richard Powell and Maya Khemlani David The place of arbitration in online proceedings as a simulacrum, Joanna Jemielniak Index.