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Understanding Talk in Legal Settings: What Law and Society Studies Can Learn from a Conversation Analyst

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Max Travers
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Law & Social Inquiry , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , Spring 2006 , pp. 447 - 465
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Copyright © American Bar Foundation, 2006 

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