
Explains and describes the ways that language use in the legal system can create inequality and disadvantage. It examines the three main areas where the two intersect: the central issue of the language of the law; the disadvantage which language can impose before the law, and...

Provides a valuable contribution to the subject by examining the three main areas where language and the law intersect: the language of the law; language as a source of disadvantage before the law, and forensic linguistics. Each area is dealt with in a separate section which...