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Rhetorical processes and legal judgments : how language and arguments shape struggles for rights and power / edited by Austin Sarat

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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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Sarat, Austin
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Contents
Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; The relevance of rhetoric: an introduction; 1 From "equality before the law" to "separate but equal": legal rhetoric, legal history, and Roberts v. Boston (1849); 2 "The civilizing hand of law": defending the legal process in the civil rights era; 3 The evolving rhetoric of the gay rights and same-sex marriage debate; 4 The rhetoric of precedent; 5 Alternative conceptions of legal rhetoric: open hand, closed fist.
Summary
This detailed analysis offers new perspectives on rhetoric and law from distinguished scholars.
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9781316795347 (electronic bk.)
1316795349 (electronic bk.)
1316794865
9781316794869
9781316658789
1316658783
9781316793909
1316793907
9781107155503
1107155509
1316609022
1316792943
9781316609026 (paperback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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