Forensic linguistics is an introduction to the fascinating interface between language and the law provides an integrated and fully theorized understanding of language and law issues contains many helpful examples from genuine legal contexts and texts discusses linguistic sources of disadvantage before the law particularly for ethnic minorities children and abused women. Book review forensic linguistics an introduction to language in the justice system show all authors greg matoesian greg matoesian department of criminal justice university of illinois at chicago usa see all articles by this author search google scholar for this author. Forensic linguistics is an introduction to the fascinating interface between language and the law examining the nature of legal language the first half of the book demonstrates that the law is an overwhelmingly linguistic institution since laws are coded in language and the concepts that are used to construct the law are accessible only through language. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books media journals databases government documents and more. Forensic linguistics is an introduction to the fascinating interface between language and the law examining the nature of legal language the first half of the book demonstrates that the law is an overwhelmingly linguistic institution since laws are coded in language and the concepts that are used to construct the law are accessible only