A Forensic Linguistic Approach to Legal Disclosures: Erisa Cash Balance Conversion Cases and the Contextual Dynamics of Deception

by James Stratman and James F. Stratman

Book Overview

This book is a scholarly work of forensic linguistics that demonstrates how the principles of Gricean pragmatics and their recent elaboration in Information Manipulation Theory (IMT) can be of use to courts faced with deciding cases of allegedly fraudulent disclosure documents. The usual goal of legal rules for disclosure documents is not merely to prevent lying but other forms of deception as well. In particular, the goal of these rules is to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367023490
• ISBN13: 9780367023492
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"