Translating the social world for law : linguistic tools for a new legal realism / edited by Elizabeth Mertz, William K. Ford, and Gregory Matoesian.

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Other Authors: Mertz, Elizabeth (Editor), Ford, William K. (Law teacher) (Editor), Matoesian, Gregory M. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Series:Oxford studies in language and law.
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Table of Contents:
  • Translating law and social science / William K. Ford, Elizabeth Mertz
  • Translating defendants' apologies during allocution at sentencing / M. Catherine Guber
  • Gruber "in translation" / Frances Tung
  • Translating token instances of "this" into type patterns of "that" : the discursive and multimodal translation of evidence into precedent / Gregory Matoesian
  • Matoesian "in translation " : from instances of "this" to patterns of "that" : translating evidence into legal precedent / Christopher Roy, Elizabeth Mertz
  • Performative risks In risking performance / Michael Silverstein
  • Silverstein "in translation" / Elizabeth Mertz
  • The law and science of video game violence : who lost more in translation? / William K. Ford
  • Being human : negotiating religion, law, and science in the classroom and the courtroom / Winnifred Fallers Sullivan
  • Social science and the ways of the trial court : possibilities of translation / Robert P. Burns
  • Processes of translation and demarcation in legal worlds / Susan Gal
  • "Can you get there from here?" : translating law and social science / Elizabeth Mertz
  • Law's resistance to translation : what law and literature can teach us / Peter Brooks (Interview)
  • Some further thoughts on translating law and social science / Gregory Matoesian.