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Translating the social world for law linguistic tools for a new legal realism

Title
Translating the social world for law [electronic resource] : linguistic tools for a new legal realism / edited by Elizabeth Mertz, William K. Ford, and Gregory Matoesian.
Publication
Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

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Additional Authors
  • Mertz, Elizabeth.
  • Ford, William K. (Law teacher)
  • Matoesian, Gregory M.
Description
1 online resource (vi, 299 pages) : illustrations.
Series Statement
Oxford studies in language and law
Uniform Title
Translating the social world for law (Online)
Subject
  • Law > Translating
  • Law > Language
  • Semantics (Law)
  • Sociological jurisprudence
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction : translating law and social science / William K. Ford and Elizabeth Mertz -- Translating defendants' apologies during allocution at sentencing / M. Catherine Gruber -- Gruber " In translation" / Frances Tung -- Translating token instances of "This" into type patterns of "That" : the discursive and multimodal translation of evidence into precedent / Gregory Matoesian -- Matoesian "In translation"--from instances of "This" go patterns of "That" : translating evidence into legal precedent / Christopher Roy and Elizabeth Mertz -- Part one commentary : performative risks in risking performance / Michael Silverstein -- Silverstein "In translation" / Elizabeth Mertz -- The law and science of video game violence : who lost more in translation ? / William K. Ford -- Being human : negotiating religion, law, and science in the classroom and the courtroom / Winnifred Fallers Sullivan -- Social science and the ways of the trial court : possibilities of translation / Robert P. Burns -- Part two commentary : processes of translation and demarcation in legal worlds / Susan Gal -- "Can you get there from here"? translating law and social science / Elizabeth Mertz -- Law's resistance to translation : what law and literature can teach us / Peter Brooks (Interview) -- Afterword : some further thoughts on translating law and social science / Gregory Matoesian.
LCCN
2015049060
OCLC
ssj0001696552
Title
Translating the social world for law [electronic resource] : linguistic tools for a new legal realism / edited by Elizabeth Mertz, William K. Ford, and Gregory Matoesian.
Imprint
Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Series
Oxford studies in language and law
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Mertz, Elizabeth.
Ford, William K. (Law teacher)
Matoesian, Gregory M.
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