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Language as a Rhetorical Tool in the Courtroom

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재판 진행에 있어서 언어는 매우 중요한 수단이다. 특히 전문 법조인이 아닌 일반인으로 이루어진 배심원단이 판결을 내리는 미국의 법률체계에 있어서 효율적인 언어사용은 판결의 결과에 영향을 미칠 수도 있는 효과적인 도구이다. 따라서 변호인들은 배심원에게 영향을 미치기 위해 증인들에게 의도된 언어를 사용하고 기억이 암시적인 단어나 문장에 의해 쉽게 왜곡될 수 있다는 점을 감안하여 유리한 질문의 형식을 채택한다. 효과적인 질문 방식으로 가장 선호되는 것은 전달하고자하는 내용이 가정되어 있는 질문의 유형인데 이것은 논란의 여지가 있는 방식이다. 변호인들의 목적은 진실을 알아내는 것이 아니라 재판에서 승소하는 것이므로 이들은 판사가 주의를 줄 것임을 알면서도 무리한 질문을 하기도 하고 진실이 아닌 주장도 사실인 것처럼 가정하여 묻기도 한다. 이런 종류의 언어행위는 판결의 여부에까지 영향을 미칠 수 있고 또한 정의 구현이라는 법의 본래의 취지를 무색하게 할 수 있는 방법이므로 의도적인 목적을 위하여 언어를 이용하는 것의 심각성을 인지하고 공정한 법의 실현을 위한 방안을 모색해야 할 것이다.

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