1 Language, Power and Control in Courtroom Discourse&Anne Wagner and Le Cheng 1
PART Ⅰ POWER AND CONTROL IN LANGUAGE 11
2 Understanding Courtroom Communication through Cultural Scripts&Kim McCaul 11
3 Witnesses on Trial: Address and Referring Terms in US Cases&Sarah Dettenwanger 29
4 (False) Confessions Become Compelling at Trial&Gillian Grebler 47
5 The Role of Metadiscourse in Counsels' Questions&Silvia Cavalieri 79
6 Constructing Legal Narratives: Client-lawyers' Stories&Flora Di Donato 111
PART Ⅱ POWER AND CONTROL BEHIND LANGUAGE 131
7 Magical Images in Law&Christine A.Corcos 131
8 The Construction of Admissions of Fault through American Rules of Evidence: Speech, Silence and Significance in the Legal Creation of Liability&Janet Ainsworth 177
9 The Construction of Truth in Legal Decision-making&Petrina Schiavi 193
10 Hidden Penalties Faced by Non-English Speakers in the UK Criminal Justice System: An Interpreting Perspective&Roxana Rycroft 209
11 Language Alternation in Kenyan and Malaysian Courts&Richard Powell and Maya Khemlani David 227
12 The Place of Arbitration in Online Proceedings as a Simulacrum&Joanna Jemielniak 251
Index 263