Through the Distorted Lens: Constructing Truth and Reality with Legal Narratives [Hardcover]

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

What Do We See and Hear?..........................................................
The Power of Narratives&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&.
Story Construction&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
The Legal Narrative&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

CHAPTER 1
Construction of Language and Facts: Illusion or Reality in The Courtroom?
Evidentiary Terminology and Concepts&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&..
Relevance &&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Rules of Exclusions&&&&&&&&
The Presumption of Innocence&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Burden of Proof &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&..
Fact-finding and Proof&&&&&&&&..
R v Dawson&&&&&.
Pell v The Queen&&&&&.
Depp v Heard&&&&&.


CHAPTER 2
Rituals, Practice and Procedure: The Truth, the Whole Truth, Anything but the Truth
Legal Rituals and Power&&&&&&&&.
Oaths and Affirmations&&&&&&&
Judge or Jury?..........................
The Church, its Rituals and the Sexual Complainant
Pell v R&&&&&&&&&&..
Purpose of Appellate Courts&&&&&&.
The Robes &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&.

Courtroom Distancing&&&&&&&.

CHAPTER 3

Constructing the Defendant: The Three Faces of Eve

Mad, Bad & Sad&&&&&&&&&&&
Translation as a means to produce meaning&&&&&&&.
Women Who Kill&&&&&&&&&&&&&&..
Letby v Rex&&&&&&&&&
Motherhood&&&&&&&&&&&&&&..
An Emerging Linguistic Science on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome&&&&.
Baby Killer and Evidential Rules&&&&&&&&&&..
a) United Kingdom
R v Trupti&&&&&&..
R v Clark&&&&&&.
R v Cannings&&&&&..
R v Anthony&&&&&..
b) Australia
R v Phillipsl³!