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Understanding the Other: A Case of Mis-Interpreting Culture-Specific Utterances during Alternative Dispute Resolution

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Language in the Legal Process

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The South African Justice Department is faced with a critical backlog, especially in the Lower Criminal Courts, and a system of case management is being called for in order to dispose efficiently of the business of the court and to eliminate unnecessary delays in litigation. Judge Ipp (1998, p. 49), among others, proposes a ‘court-annexed alternative dispute resolution’ as a possible solution to the problem because ‘this facility has a profound effect on reducing the number of cases coming to trial’.

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  1. Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University, UK

    Janet Cotterill (Lecturer in Language and Communication) (Lecturer in Language and Communication)

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Moeketsi, R. (2002). Understanding the Other: A Case of Mis-Interpreting Culture-Specific Utterances during Alternative Dispute Resolution. In: Cotterill, J. (eds) Language in the Legal Process. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230522770_12

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