Discursive Constructions of Consent in the Legal Process

by Janet Ainsworth and Diana Eades

As a linguistically-grounded, critical examination of consent, this volume views consent not as an individual mental state or act but as a process that is interactionally-and discursively-situated. It highlights the ways in which legal consent is often fictional (at best) due to the impoverished view of meaning and the linguistic ideologies that typically inform interpretations and representations in the legal system. The authors are experts in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199945357
• ISBN13: 9780199945351
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"