Discursive Constructions of Consent in the Legal Process
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780199945351
Subjects: English language, discourse analysis; Consent (law)
Description: Experts in linguistics and law use diverse theoretical and analytical approaches to demonstrate the complex ways in which language is used to seek, steer, give, or withhold consent in a range of legal contexts. The book illuminates problematic issues in legal practices and procedures that may otherwise be uncritically accepted.