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Inside Plea Bargaining

The Language of Negotiation

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  • © 1984

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  1. Douglas W. Maynard

    1. University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Language of Negotiation

    • Douglas W. Maynard
    Pages 1-27

  3. The Courtroom Context of Plea Bargaining

    • Douglas W. Maynard
    Pages 29-53

  4. Frame Analysis of Plea Bargaining

    • Douglas W. Maynard
    Pages 55-76

  5. The Structure of Bargaining Sequences

    • Douglas W. Maynard
    Pages 77-102

  6. Routine and Adversarial Justice

    • Douglas W. Maynard
    Pages 103-118

  7. Descriptions and Assessments of Defendants

    • Douglas W. Maynard
    Pages 119-138

  8. Modeling Sentencing Decisions

    • Douglas W. Maynard
    Pages 139-163

  9. A Discourse System for Negotiation

    • Douglas W. Maynard
    Pages 165-200

  10. Inside Plea Bargaining

    • Douglas W. Maynard
    Pages 201-208

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 209-257
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About this book

Negotiation is a ubiquitous part of social life. Some even say that social order itself is a negotiated phenomenon. Yet the study of negotiation as an actual discourse activity, occurring between people who have substantial interests and tasks in the real social world, is in its infancy. This is the more surprising because plea bargaining, as a specific form of negotiation, has recently been the center of an enormous amount of research attention. Much of the concern has been directed to basic ques­ tions of justice, such as how fair the process is, whether it is unduly coercive, and whether it accurately separates the guilty from the innocent. A study such as mine does not try to answer these sorts of questions. I believe that we are not in a position to answer them until we approach plea bargaining on its own complex terms. Previous studies that have attempted to provide a general picture of the process as a way to assess its degree of justness have neglected the specific skills by which prac­ titioners bargain and negotiate, the particular procedures through which various surface features such as character assessment are accomplished, and concrete ways in which justice is administered and, simultaneously, caseloads are managed.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

    Douglas W. Maynard

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Inside Plea Bargaining

  • Book Subtitle: The Language of Negotiation

  • Authors: Douglas W. Maynard

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0372-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1984

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-41577-7Published: 31 July 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-0374-7Published: 31 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0372-3Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 257

  • Topics: Ethics, Linguistics, general, Language and Literature, Sociology, general

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