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Weekly assignment 7 – Silence in the Courtroom
- What is the main argument of the Krieger article about silence? Why does Krieger think it is important for lawyers to understand how silence works in interactions?
- What factors affect the meaning that silence can have?
- Describe the ideational, interpersonal and textual functions of language?
- What does this expression mean? Describe one example from the article to support it.
"Just as one can utter words without saying anything, one can say something without uttering words."
- In what way can pauses and hesitations in talk be beneficial?
- What is intervening silence and why is it important?
- What does Krieger have to say about the old legal maxim, qui tacet consentire videatur “silence implies consent”?
- What is deep silence? Give examples from the article.
- Krieger argues that lawyers need to know how silence works. Write a two paragraph summary of his main points from pages 235-265.
- What does Ainsworth say about Berghuis v.Thompkins and its consequences for the right to remain silent?
- Why did Justice Sotomayor say that the current Supreme Court has "turned Miranda upside down.”