A Pragmatic Analysis of Legal Proofs of Criminal Intent is a detailed investigation of proofs of criminal intent in Israeli courtrooms. The book analyses linguistic, pragmatic, interpretative and argumentative strategies used by Israeli lawyers and judges in order to examine the defendant's intention. There can be no doubt that this subject is worthy of a thorough investigation. A person's intention is a psychological phenomenon and therefore, unless the defendant chooses to confess his intent, it cannot be proven directly - either by evidence or by witnesses' testimonies. The defendant's intention must be inferred usually from the overall circumstances of the case; verbal and situational contexts, cultural and ideological assumptions and implicatures should be taken into account. The linguistic analysis of these inferences presented here is necessarily comprehensive: it requires consideration of a variety of theoretical frameworks including speech act theory, discourse analysis, argumentation theory, polyphony theory and text linguistics.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Co
ISBN-13
9789027227164
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91875306
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Criminal Law
Author
Sol Azuelos-Atias
Publication Name
A Pragmatic Analysis of Legal Proofs of Criminal Intent
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Law
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
180 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
245mm
Item Width
164mm
Volume
25
Item Weight
490g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Sol Azuelos-Atias
Issn
1569-9463
Series Title
Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture