Language in the Legal Process

'Cotterill's recent collection reminds us at every turn that the law is neither monolithic nor impersonal. It is made up of a number of strange (and sometimes beautiful) procedures and staffed by a heady mix of individuals who are in the final measure, human...The problems raised are not only problems for linguists and lawyers. They demand consideration from anyone who would be considered a member of society.' - Annabelle Mooney, British Association of Applied Linguistics

ROBERT R. AGNE Department of Communications, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
STAN BERNSTEIN US Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District, New York USA
SUSAN BERK-SELIGSON Associate Professor, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh
MALCOLM COULTHARD Professor of English Language and Linguistics
BETHANY K. DUMAS Associate Professor of English and Chair, University of Tennessee
DIANA EADES Associate Professor, Department of Second Language Studies, University of Hawaii
DÉBORA DE CARVALHO FIGUEIREDO Lecturer, Faculdades Barddal, Southern Brazil
CHRIS HEFFER Lecturer in Linguistics, Nottingham Trent University
ALISON JOHNSON Lecturer in Linguistics and English Literature, University of Birmingham, UK
ROSEMARY H. MOEKETSI Assistant Professor, Department of African Languages, University of South Africa, Pretoria
SONIA RUSSELL Former;y French-English Interpreter, Kent Police, Facilitation Support Unit, Dover and HM Customs and Excise
ROGER W. SHUYDistinguished Research Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus,
Georgetown University, USA
LAWRENCE M. SOLAN Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School, USA
GAIL STYGALL Associate Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Washington, USA
PETER M. TIERSMA Professor of Law and Joseph Scott Fellow, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, USA
KAREN TRACY Professor of Communications, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA