The Language of Bribery Cases

Roger W. Shuy is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University and the author of ten books on language and law. Over the years has consulted on some 600 civil and criminal law cases and has testified at many federal, state trials as well as at the International Criminal Tribunal and before the US Congress on impeachment hearings.

1 Introduction to the language of bribery ; 2 Bribery: a brief history and background ; 3 The linguistic tools for dealing with bribery ; 4 The crystal-clear bribery events of U. S. Congressmen Ozzie Myers and Richard Kelly ; 5 The aborted bribery event of U. S. Senator Larry Pressler ; 6 The camouflaged bribery events of businessmen Kenneth McDonald and Milton McGregor ; 7 The bribery event that continued after the target said "no": the case of U. S. Senator Harrison A. Williams ; 8 The entrapment bribery event of taxpayer Vaughn Sligh ; 9 The business transaction event that morphed into a bribery event: the case of Texas state legislator Billy Clayton ; 10 The bungled rejection of a bribery event by Nevada brothel commissioners John Poli and John McNown ; 11 The coded bribery event of Federal Judge Alcee Hastings ; 12 The manipulated bribery event of businessman Paul Manziel ; 13 The bribery event that never happened: the case of businessman Vernon Drabek ; 14 The role of linguistic analysis in bribery cases ; 15 The legal context of bribery language and law ; References