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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| 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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Table of Contents:
- Feminist and social constructivist theories
- Critical discourse analysis in the law
- Expert witness discourse : the legal framework
- Expert witness discourse : constructing the battered woman
- The discourses of resistance.