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  • SPEAKING OF CRIME
    LAWRENCE M. SOLAN / PETER M. TIERSMA / TAMMY GALES
    An essential introduction to the use and misuse of language within the criminal justice system, updated for a new generation. Does everyone understand the Miranda warning? Why do people confess to a crime they did not commit? Can linguistic experts identify who wrote an anonymous threatening letter? Since its first publication, Speaking of Crime has been answering these questio...

    $626.57

  • THE LANGUAGE OF STATUTES
    LAWRENCE M. SOLAN
    Pulling the rug out from debates about interpretation, The Language of Statutes joins together learning from law, linguistics, and cognitive science to illuminate the fundamental issues and problems in this highly contested area. Here, Lawrence M. Solan argues that statutory interpretation is alive, well, and not in need of the major overhaul that many have suggested. Rather, h...

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  • THE LANGUAGE OF JUDGES
    LAWRENCE M. SOLAN
    Since many legal disputes are battles over the meaning of a statute, contract, testimony, or the Constitution, judges must interpret language in order to decide why one proposed meaning overrides another. And in making their decisions about meaning appear authoritative and fair, judges often write about the nature of linguistic interpretation. In the first book to examine the l...

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  • SPEAKING OF CRIME
    LAWRENCE M. SOLAN / PETER M. TIERSMA
    Why do so many people voluntarily consent to searches by have the police search their person or vehicle when they know that they are carrying contraband or evidence of illegal activity? Does everyone understand the Miranda warning? How well can people recognize a voice on tape? Can linguistic experts identify who wrote an anonymous threatening letter? Speaking of Crime answers ...

    $590.76