EXPERT TESTIMONY AS AN EVIDENCE IN TRIAL BY JURY (according to the speech act theory) |
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| 2014 |
| scientific article | 343.195 | ||
| 38-42 | trial by jury, evidence, expert testimony, speech act theory. |
| With the help of the speech act theory, the author analyzes some expert testimonies which were examined by juries. As a result, it is shown that every expert testimony has the properties of performative utterances. Methodologically such an approach allows to determine the risks and thereby to optimize the investigation in jury trials. |
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