Just Words

Law, Language, and Power, Third Edition

John M Conley, William M. O'Barr, Robin Conley Riner

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University of Chicago Press
10 May 2019

Cultural studies; Age groups: adults; Roman law

Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society

Is it “just words” when a lawyer cross-examines a rape victim in the hopes of getting her to admit an interest in her attacker? Is it “just words” when the Supreme Court hands down a decision or when business people draw up a contract? In tackling the question of how an abstract entity exerts concrete power, Just Words focuses on what has become the central issue in law and language research: what language reveals about the nature of legal power.

John M. Conley, William M. O'Barr, and Robin Conley Riner show how the microdynamics of the legal process and the largest questions of justice can be fruitfully explored through the field of linguistics. Each chapter covers a language-based approach to a different area of the law, from the cross-examinations of victims and witnesses to the inequities of divorce mediation. Combining analysis of common legal events with a broad range of scholarship on language and law, Just Words seeks the reality of power in the everyday practice and application of the law. As the only study of its type, the book is the definitive treatment of the topic and will be welcomed by students and specialists alike. This third edition brings this essential text up to date with new chapters on nonverbal, or “multimodal,” communication in legal settings and law, language, and race.

By: John M Conley, William M. O'Barr, Robin Conley Riner
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780226484365
ISBN 10: 022648436X
Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 10 May 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John M. Conley is the William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina Law School. William M. O'Barr is professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University where he also holds appointments in the Departments of English and Sociology. Robin Conley Riner is associate professor of anthropology at Marshall University.