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Credibility in Court: Communicative Practices in the Camorra Trials - Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics
Jacquemet, Marco (Columbia University, New York)
Credibility in Court: Communicative Practices in the Camorra Trials - Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics
Jacquemet, Marco (Columbia University, New York)
This study combines analysis of actual talk and power technologies with a reflection on the communicative representation of cultural constructs such as truth and credibility to examine shifting relationships between witnesses and the Justice Department in the trials of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata, an Italian criminal organisation.
340 pages, 50 figures
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | October 15, 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9780521121286 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 340 |
Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 19 mm · 430 g |