A pragmatic analysis of legal proofs of criminal intent

Summary: A Pragmatic Analysis of Legal Proofs of Criminal Intent is a detailed investigation of proofs of criminal intent in Israeli courtrooms. The book analyses linguistic, pragmatic, interpretative and argumentative strategies used by Israeli lawyers and judges in order to examine the defendant's intention. There can be no doubt that this subject is worthy of a thorough investigation. A person's intention is a psychological phenomenon and therefore, unless the defendant chooses to confess his intent, it cannot be proven directly - either by evidence or by witnesses' testimonies. The defendant's inte.

Record details

ISBN: 9789027292155 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9027292159 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9789027227164 (hbk : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9027227160 (hbk : alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (vii, 180 p.)
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-124) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction : the linguistic framework -- Legal causation and criminal intent : pragmatic and linguistic aspects -- A socio-pragmatic portrayal of "the Israeli reasonable person" -- A rhetoric-pragmatic study of figures in the legal drama : the accused, the victim.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.