The scales of justice: Balancing neutrality and efficiency in plea-bargaining encounters

Discourse and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-54

  Lee, Seung Hee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Justice; Legal communication; Neutrality; Plea bargaining

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144261041     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926505048229     Document Type: Review

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