Criminal Courtroom Discourse Analysis: From the Perspective of the Litigation Rights of the Accused

The litigation rights of the accused are the principal part of safeguarding human rights, while the materialization of the litigation rights of the accused should be carried out through language. Therefore, the study of criminal courtroom discourse is the most persuasive tool and research perspective to disclose the status quo, as well as the problems of human rights in criminal trials. This paper attempts to analyze the problems of human rights, especially the litigation rights of the accused in criminal trials with the help of the criminal courtroom discourse corpus. Furthermore, based on this analysis, this paper is trying to put forward some constructive suggestions for China's criminal trial reforms.