The Jury Summation as Speech Genre: An ethnographic study of what it means to those who use it
Bettyruth Walter
The American courtroom trial is a speech situation. Everything occurs through the spoken word. The 'summation', as speech event embedded within the trial, which is the chronological and psychological culmination of it, is one of the few opportunities for the lawyer to communicate directly with… read more[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 1] 1988. xvii, 264 pp.