'You must say it for him': Reformulating a witness' testimony on cross-examination at trial

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Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 477-511

  Hobbs, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross examination; Legal discourse; Medical experts; Witness examination

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144503860     PISSN: 01654888     EISSN: 18607349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/text.2003.019     Document Type: Article

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