Legal-Lay Discourse and Procedural Justice in Family and County Courts

by Tatiana Grieshofer

Book Overview

Focusing on adversarial legal settings, this Element explores discursive practices in court proceedings which often involve unrepresented parties - private family proceedings and small claims cases. Such proceedings present the main caseload of county and family courts but pose immense challenges when it comes to legal-lay communication. Drawing on court observations, alongside textual and interview data, the Element pursues three aims: (1) developing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009486926
• ISBN13: 9781009486927
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"