Expert testimony on domestic violence [electronic resource] : a discourse analysis / Melissa Hamilton.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Law and society (New York, N.Y.)Publication details: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009.Description: vi, 207 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 345.73/02555 22
LOC classification:
  • KF8968.7 .H36 2009eb
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Contents:
Introduction -- Feminist and social constructivist theories -- Critical discourse analysis in the law -- Expert witness discourse : the legal framework -- Expert witness discourse : constructing the battered woman -- The discourses of resistance.
Summary: "Examines the impact of social science evidence on legal reasoning in domestic violence cases, analyzing the text and rhetoric from a body of appellate opinions in which expert witnesses provided social science-based testimony about domestic violence"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index.

Introduction -- Feminist and social constructivist theories -- Critical discourse analysis in the law -- Expert witness discourse : the legal framework -- Expert witness discourse : constructing the battered woman -- The discourses of resistance.

"Examines the impact of social science evidence on legal reasoning in domestic violence cases, analyzing the text and rhetoric from a body of appellate opinions in which expert witnesses provided social science-based testimony about domestic violence"--Provided by publisher.

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