This important collection brings together cutting-edge international research on the role of language and communication in the justice process. Through innovative application of linguistics, it addresses key questions and topics which arise in legal practice on a day-to-day basis and directly affect everyone who relies on courts to deliver justice.

Integrating research methods from Linguistics with contemporary Legal Argumentation Theory, this book highlights the complexities of legal justification by focusing on the role of value-laden language in argument construction and use.

Combines linguistic and memory approaches to study how people attribute meaning to the past.