Sociolinguistics and the Legal Process

Diana Eades (University of New England, Australia) has been actively involved in the legal process for more than twenty years, doing sociolinguistic research, providing expert evidence and delivering training for judges, magistrates and lawyers. She has taught at undergraduate and graduate levels at the University of Hawai‘i and several colleges and universities in Australia. At various times she has been President, Vice-President and Secretary of the International Association of Forensic Linguists. In addition to many journal articles and book chapters, her publications include Courtroom Talk and Neocolonial Control (2008, Mouton de Gruyter) and the 1995 edited volume Language in Evidence: Issues Confronting Aboriginal and Multicultural Australia (UNSW Press). She is co-editor of The International Journal of Speech Language and the Law.

• PART 1 INTRODUCTIONChapter 1 Using Sociolinguistics to Study the Legal ProcessPART II COURTROOM HEARINGSChapter 2 Researching Courtroom TalkChapter 3 Focus on TrialsChapter 4 Second Language Speakers and InterpretersChapter 5 Vulnerable WitnessesChapter 6 Courtroom Talk and Societal Power RelationsPART III POLICE INTERVIEWSChapter 7 Police InterviewsChapter 8 Police Interviews with Members of Minority GroupsPART IV OTHER LEGAL CONTEXTSChapter 9 Lawyer-client InteractionsChapter 10 Informal and Alternative Legal ProcessesPART V CONCLUSIONChapter 11 What (Else) Can Sociolinguistics Do?

Not only does Diana Eades' textbook cross disciplinary and cultural borders, but also it bridges the gap between research and pedagogy. Bravo.