Language in Evidence, Issues Confronting Aboriginal and Multicultural Australia

Eades, Diana [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0868401196 / ISBN 13: 9780868401195

Published by Published by University of New South Wales Press, Australia, 1995

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, xii, 289 pages, First Edition , some damp staining on bottom of rear preliminary pages, corners a little curled, generally pages clean, book in good condition , pictorial card covers , 21 x 14 cms Paperback ISBN: 868401196. Seller Inventory # 65545

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Title: Language in Evidence, Issues Confronting ...

Publisher: Published by University of New South Wales Press, Australia

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Eleven Australian lawyers and linguists contribute essays to a discussion of how language affects the administration of justice, especially in the case of the Aboriginal people. The discussions use transcripts to illustrate the way language influences a court case, including landmark cases such as the Stuart Royal Commission in 1959, the Kelvin Condren case, the Elquo Island inquest, and the Kenbi Land Claim. In conclusion, two papers consider the meaning of "offensive language," especially when the verbal abuse has been adopted from one culture into another which has no particular stake in the insult. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.