Rhetorical Processes and Legal Judgments

Rhetorical Processes and Legal Judgments

How Language and Arguments Shape Struggles for Rights and Power

Sarat, Austin

Cambridge University Press

09/2016

158

Dura

Inglês

9781107155503

15 a 20 dias

This detailed analysis offers new perspectives on rhetoric and law from distinguished scholars.
The relevance of rhetoric: an introduction Austin Sarat; 1. From 'equality before the law' to 'separate but equal': legal rhetoric, legal history and Roberts v. Boston (1849) Eric Slauter; 2. The civlizing hand of law: defending the legal process in the civil rights era Christopher W. Schmidt; 3. The evolving rhetoric of gay rights and same-sex marriage debate Teresa Godwin Phelps; 4. The rhetoric of precedent Bernadette Meyler; 5. Alternative perspectives on legal rhetoric: persuasion, invitation and argument Linda L. Berger; Afterword. Use your words: rhetoric as absence of law, rhetoric as essence of law Adam Steinman.
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