Expert testimony on domestic violence : a discourse analysis / Melissa Hamilton.
Publisher's description: 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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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El Paso :
LFB Scholarly Pub.,
2009.
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| Series: | Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
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| Summary: | Publisher's description: 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. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 207 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781593323233 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1593323239 (hbk. : alk. paper) |