Language and legal judgments : evaluation and argument in judicial discourse

"Integrating research methods from Linguistics with contemporary Legal Argumentation Theory, this book highlights the complexities of legal justification by focusing on the role of value-laden language in argument construction and use. The combination of linguistic analysis and the pragma-diale...

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Auteur principal : Goźdź-Roszkowski Stanisław (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Language and legal judgments : evaluation and argument in judicial discourse / Stanisław Goźdź-Roszkowski
Publié : Abingdon, Oxon [UK], New York, NY : Routledge , 2024
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (173 p.)
Collection : Law, language and communication (Print)
Contenu : Evaluation. What is it and why does it matter?. Evaluation, argumentation and the justification of judicial decisions. Evaluating processes and propositions. Evaluating status and sites of contention. Value-based lexis and argument in morally sensitive issues. Evaluative language, the ideal model of critical discussion and strategic manoeuvring. Pulling the strands together.
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Résumé : "Integrating research methods from Linguistics with contemporary Legal Argumentation Theory, this book highlights the complexities of legal justification by focusing on the role of value-laden language in argument construction and use. The combination of linguistic analysis and the pragma-dialectic approach to legal argumentation yields a new way of perceiving and understanding the phenomenon of evaluation, one that offers theoretical and practical gains. Analyzing a vast corpus of judicial opinions from the United States Supreme Court and Poland's Constitutional Court, the book paints a clear picture of complex linguistic choices made by judges to assess and support arguments in the justifications of their decisions. The book will be of interest to scholars in Law, Linguistics and Rhetoric, as well as to judges and practicing lawyers engaged in the art of argumentation"
Bibliographie : Bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Index
ISBN : 978-1-0323-6690-6