Flouting Maxims in Courtroom of Administrative Court

This paper was aimed to find out the types, elaborate the strategies, and explain the reasons
of flouting maxims in courtroom, specifically in Administrative Court. Descriptive
qualitative research was applied in this research. The data in this research were clauses
which consist of flouting maxims in the courtroom of Administrative Court. The data
were recorded cases about land affairs and employment taken from the courtroom of
Administrative Court through observation, video-recording, transcribing, sorting,
enlisting, and arranging the obtainable data systematically. The results of the research
were as follows: (1) all types of maxim flouting were found in the courtroom of
Administrative Court, (2) the strategies of flouting maxims in the courtroom of
Administrative Court were realized through giving too much information, being
obscure, being irrelevant, asking for permission, giving too little information, asking
for agreement, and cynicism and (3) the reasons of flouting maxims in the courtroom
of Administrative Court were convincing the hearer, showing anger, disappointment
and disagreement, satisfying the hearer, hiding the truth, expecting for agreement,
building one’s belief, saving face, expecting for permission, expecting for concession.