Credibility in Court Communicative Practices in the Camorra Trials |
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| Author:
| Jacquemet, Marco |
| Series title: | Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-55251-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1996 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $139.00 |
Book Description:
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This study combines analysis of actual talk and power technologies with a reflection on the communicative representation of cultural constructs such as truth and credibility to examine shifting relationships between witnesses and the Justice Department in the trials of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata, an Italian criminal organisation.
This study combines analysis of actual talk and power technologies with a reflection on the communicative representation of cultural constructs such as truth and credibility to examine shifting relationships between witnesses and the Justice Department in the trials of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata, an Italian criminal organisation.