Udzielanie pouczeń nieprofesjonalnym uczestnikom rozprawy sądowej. Problem komunikatywności
Giving Instructions to Non-professional Participants of a Trial: The Problem of Communicativeness

Summary/Abstract: The goal of this article is to discuss the problem of communicativeness of the instructions given by judges to non-professional participants of court trials. The backgroundof the considerations are the results of empirical research on communication in thecourtroom, which, among other things, show that judges are significantly activein giving instructions. Drawing on research conducted within the “plain language”movement, the author points out those elements of instructions that increase theircommunicativeness and those that decrease it. As a result, some hints were formulated as an answer on question – how to increase the communicativeness ofinstructions given at the court trial?

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