Forensic semantics: The meaning of murder, manslaughter and homicide

Speech, Language and the Law

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 72-94

  Langford, Ian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crime; Forensic; Homicide; Manslaughter; Murder; Semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249164261     PISSN: 13501771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/sll.2000.7.1.72     Document Type: Article

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