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International legal process (ILP) emphasizes understanding how international law works. It concentrates not so much on the exposition of rules and their content as on how international legal rules are actually used by the makers of foreign policy. It is a more limited methodology than some others discussed in the symposium in that it did not, as originally developed, expose the normative values of the methodology, or how the methodology could be used to achieve those values. Nevertheless, ILP, as a study of international law in its actual operation and the consideration of how international law could work better, has had a significant influence on American international law scholarship.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Transcript conventions and abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- PART 1: INTRODUCTION -- 1: Using sociolinguistics to study the legal process -- PART 2: COURTROOM HEARINGS -- 2: Researching courtroom talk -- 3: Focus on trials -- 4: Second language speakers and interpreters -- 5: Vulnerable witnesses -- 6: Courtroom talk and societal power relations -- PART 3: POLICE INTERVIEWS -- 7: Police interviews -- 8: Police interviews with members of minority groups -- PART 4: OTHER LEGAL CONTEXTS -- 9: Lawyer–client interactions -- 10: Informal and alternative legal processes -- PART 5: CONCLUSION -- 11: What (else) can sociolinguistics do? -- Notes -- Legal glossary -- Sociolinguistic glossary -- References -- Subject index -- Author index

Deals with spoken language and sign language. It concentrates on England and Wales but several sections are of international import. The book should be of use to interpreters who need to know about interpreting-related issues within the legal system but also encompasses a wider audience.