Keywords
court, small claims, narrative discourse
Abstract
Small claims court is not a building or a courtroom, but a special procedure, established by each state, which simplifies the court process for a specified range of civil disputes involving relatively small amounts of money (Ruhnka 1878: 1). The intent of the small claims process is to provide the parties involved (litigants) with an opportunity for a low cost, speedy means of settling a dispute. Litigants (plaintiff and defendant) in small claims court may represent themselves in a semi-formal setting where the normal legal rules for the presentation of evidence have been simplified.
Original Publication Citation
Tanner, M. (1987, Spring). "Your honor, it was like this...": Narrative discourse in small claims court. Working Papers in Educational Linguistics(pp. 23-31). Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania. ACCEPTED
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Tanner, Mark W., ""Your Honor our Honor, it was lik , it was like this... e this...": Narr ": Narrative Discourse in Small Discourse in Small Claims Court" (1987). Faculty Publications. 5964.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/5964
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1987
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/8693
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania
Language
English
College
Humanities
Department
Linguistics
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