Expert testimony on domestic violence [electronic resource] : a discourse analysis / Melissa Hamilton.

By: Hamilton, Melissa, 1964-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Law and society (New York, N.Y.)Publication details: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009Description: vi, 207 pSubject(s): Forensic sociology -- United States | Evidence, Expert -- United States | Family violence -- Law and legislation -- United States | Abused women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- California -- CasesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 345.73/02555 LOC classification: KF8968.7 | .H36 2009Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction -- 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.
Summary: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index.

Introduction -- 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.

"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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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