02471nam 22006134a 450 991045669660332120200520144314.01-59332-547-9(CKB)2550000000035445(EBL)837741(OCoLC)732955774(SSID)ssj0000553380(PQKBManifestationID)11362975(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000553380(PQKBWorkID)10505327(PQKB)10372830(MiAaPQ)EBC837741(Au-PeEL)EBL837741(CaPaEBR)ebr10430457(EXLCZ)99255000000003544520090128d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrExpert testimony on domestic violence[electronic resource] a discourse analysis /Melissa HamiltonEl Paso LFB Scholarly Pub.20091 online resource (213 p.)Law and societyDescription based upon print version of record.1-59332-323-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index.Introduction -- Feminist and social constructivist theories -- Critical discourse analysis in the law -- Expert witness discourse : the legal framework -- Expert witness discourse : constructing the battered woman -- The discourses of resistance."Examines the impact of social science evidence on legal reasoning in domestic violence cases, analyzing the text and rhetoric from a body of appellate opinions in which expert witnesses provided social science-based testimony about domestic violence"--Provided by publisher.Law and society (New York, N.Y.)Forensic sociologyUnited StatesEvidence, ExpertUnited StatesFamily violenceLaw and legislationUnited StatesAbused womenLegal status, laws, etcCaliforniaCasesElectronic books.Forensic sociologyEvidence, ExpertFamily violenceLaw and legislationAbused womenLegal status, laws, etc.345.73/02555Hamilton Melissa1964-994642MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456696603321Expert testimony on domestic violence2277943UNINA