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Expert testimony on domestic violence : a discourse analysis / Melissa Hamilton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamilton, Melissa, 1964-
- Series:
- Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
- Law and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forensic sociology--United States.
- Forensic sociology.
- Evidence, Expert--United States.
- Evidence, Expert.
- Family violence--Law and legislation--United States.
- Family violence.
- Abused women--Legal status, laws, etc--California--Cases.
- Abused women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (213 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-59332-547-9
- OCLC:
- 732955774
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