Just Words: Law, Language, and Power (Chicago Series in Law and Society) by John M. Conley, William M. O'Barr

Just Words: Law, Language, and Power (Chicago Series in Law and Society)

John M. Conley, William M. O'Barr

184 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

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Is it "just words" when a lawyer cross-examines a rape victim in the hopes of getting her to admit an interest in her attacker? Is it "just words" when the Supreme Court hands down a decision or when business people draw up a contract? In tackling...

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