Language in the Legal Process

ROBERT R. AGNE Department of Communications, University of Colorado, Boulder, USASTAN BERNSTEIN US Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District, New York USASUSAN BERK-SELIGSON Associate Professor, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of PittsburghMALCOLM COULTHARD Professor of English Language and LinguisticsBETHANY K. DUMAS Associate Professor of English and Chair, University of TennesseeDIANA EADES Associate Professor, Department of Second Language Studies, University of HawaiiDÉBORA DE CARVALHO FIGUEIREDO Lecturer, Faculdades Barddal, Southern BrazilCHRIS HEFFER Lecturer in Linguistics, Nottingham Trent UniversityALISON JOHNSON Lecturer in Linguistics and English Literature, University of Birmingham, UKROSEMARY H. MOEKETSI Assistant Professor, Department of African Languages, University of South Africa, PretoriaSONIA RUSSELL Former;y French-English Interpreter, Kent Police, Facilitation Support Unit, Dover and HM Customs and Excise ROGER W. SHUY Distinguished Research Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus, Georgetown University, USALAWRENCE M. SOLAN Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School, USAGAIL STYGALL Associate Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Washington, USAPETER M. TIERSMA Professor of Law and Joseph Scott Fellow, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, USAKAREN TRACY Professor of Communications, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA