Resources
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Video of Malcolm Coulthard's Inaugural Lecture, delivered at Aston University on 13 May 2008
[Full version]
[Excerpt on YouTube]
Articles, papers and presentation slides [pdf format unless indicated otherwise]
“Author Identification, Idiolect and Linguistic Uniqueness” by Malcolm Coulthard
“The Linguist as Expert Witness” by Malcolm Coulthard
“Some Forensic Applications of Descriptive Linguistics” by Malcolm Coulthard
"... and then ... Language description and author attribution" by Malcolm Coulthard
"Rape as Social Activity: an Application of Investigative
Linguistics" by Tim Grant and Jessica Woodhams
"Linguistic insights into the investigative interview", Tim Grant's plenary talk delivered to the iIIRG conference at the University of Derby, 26-27 March 2008 [PowerPoint file]
"What is Language and Law? And Does Anyone Care?" A paper by Peter Tiersma of Loyola Law School (pdf file)
Websites for obtaining forensic texts
: : General
Peter Tiersma's site on language and law
Old Bailey online
Audio and video recordings of judicial and legislative proceedings from the USA
British and Irish Legal Information Institute - Access to Freely Available Public Legal Information
Audio and video recordings of judicial and legislative proceedings from the USA
Court TV Famous Cases site (Contains trial transcripts and other case documents including those for OJ Simpson, the Unabomber and others)
Famous Trials Home Page - does what it says; an excellent collection of famous trials from throughout history.
: : Specific trials, inquests and inquiries
David Irving vs Penguin Books Ltd & Deborah Lipstadt (January - April 2000); a UK libel trial centring around issues of holocaust denial
Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District; an American trial centred around the issue of Creationism being taught as a science in schools
The Shipman Inquiry Archive. The archive of the inquiry into British Serial Killer Harold Shipman contains his police interviews and also trial transcripts.
