RT Book
T1 Expert testimony on domestic violence: a discourse analysis
T2 Law and society: recent scholarship
A1 Hamilton, Melissa
LA English
PP El Paso
PB LFB Scholarly Publ.
YR 2009
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1620063840
AB 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
AB "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"--Provided by publisher
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN KF8968.7
SN 9781593323233
K1 Forensic sociology : United States
K1 Evidence, Expert : United States
K1 Family Violence : Law and legislation : United States
K1 Abused women : Legal status, laws, etc : Cases : California