Discursive Constructions of Consent in the Legal Process

As a linguistically-grounded, critical examination of consent, this volume views consent not as an individual mental state or act but as a process that is interactionally-and discursively-situated.It highlights the ways in which legal consent is often fictional (at best) due to the impoverished view of meaning and the linguistic ideologies that typically inform interpretations and representations in the legal system. The authors are experts in linguistics and law, who use diverse theoretical and analytical approaches to examine the complex ways in which language is used to seek, negotiate, give, or withhold consent in a range of legal contexts. Authors draw on case studies, or larger research corpora or a wider sociolegal approach, in investigations of: police-citizen interactions in the street, police interviews with suspects, police call handlers, rape and abduction trials, interactions with lay litigants in a multilingual small claims court, a restorative justice sentencing scheme for young offenders, biomedical research, and legal disputes over contracts. Additional ISBNs 0199945357, 0199945365, 9780199945351, 9780199945368Discursive Constructions of Consent in the Legal Process 1st Edition is written by Susan Ehrlich; Diana Eades; Janet Ainsworth and published by Oxford University Press. ISBNs for Discursive Constructions of Consent in the Legal Process are 9780190613891, 0190613890 and the print ISBNs are 9780199945351, 0199945357. Additional ISBNs include 0199945357, 0199945365, 9780199945351, 9780199945368.