Law and the language of identity : discourse in the William Kennedy Smith rape trial / Gregory M. Matoesian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matoesian, Gregory M., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smith, William Kennedy--Trials, litigation, etc.

Trials (Rape)--Florida--Palm Beach.

Trials (Rape).

Rape--Psychological aspects.

Rape.

Conduct of court proceedings--United States.

Conduct of court proceedings.

Semantics (Law).

English language--Discourse analysis.

English language.

Local Subjects:

Smith, William Kennedy--Trials, litigation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Matoesian uses the notorious 1991 rape trial of William Kennedy Smith to provide an indepth analysis of language use and its role in that trial and the law more generally.

Contents:

Contents; Notes on Transcription; Introduction; 1 Overview of the William Kennedy Smith Rape Trial; I: REPETITION IN THE PATRIARCHAL ORDER; 2 Rhythms of Domination and the Gender of Inconsistency; 3 Poetics of Space, Direction, and Movement; II: INTERTEXTUALITY; 4 Intertextuality, Reported Speech, and Affect; 5 Production Media and Intertextual Authority in Reported Speech; III: THE CONSTRUCTION AND DECONSTRUCTION OF EXPERT IDENTITY; 6 The Grammaticalization of Participant Roles in the Constitution of Expert Identity; 7 Constructing Age Identity in Expert Testimony

IV: LANGUAGE AND LEGAL CHANGE8 The Microdynamics of Legal Change; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W

Notes:

Includes index.

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Bibliography.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772195-8

1-280-53009-X

0-19-535261-0

1-4294-0165-6

OCLC:

476008497