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Rhetorical Traditions and Contemporary Law

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Rhetorical Traditions and Contemporary Law

Rhetorical Traditions and Contemporary Law

Brian N. Larson, Texas A & M University
Elizabeth C. Britt, Northeastern University, Boston
May 2025
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9781009524094
£95.00
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    Rhetorical Traditions and Contemporary Law is a collection of twelve case studies that explore the often-overlooked intersections of law and rhetoric. Drawing from rhetorical traditions of the past and present, the multidisciplinary roster of contributors analyzes contemporary legal theory and practice, from judicial opinions to legal scholarship, using significant texts or concepts in a rhetorical tradition. Their essays demonstrate how legal texts function and to what end, while also considering how they might have worked differently. The volume sheds light on the usefulness of rhetoric in addressing some of today's most pressing legal and social challenges. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

    • Explains the rhetorical construction of central concepts in US law
    • Demonstrates how rhetoric's long history can be used to understand contemporary legal texts
    • Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core

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    May 2025
    Hardback
    9781009524094
    316 pages
    228 × 152 mm
    Not yet published - available from May 2025

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    Table of Contents

    • Part I. Introduction:
    • 1. Rhetoric and law Elizabeth C. ('Beth') Britt and Brian N. Larson
    • Part II. Key Rhetorical Concepts Animating Contemporary American Law:
    • 2. The ethos of originalism Mark A. Hannah and Francis J. Mootz III
    • 3. The role of tradition in classical and contemporary argument Vasileios Adamidis and Laura Webb
    • 4. Practical reason in peril Brian N. Larson
    • Part III. Façade of Neutrality:
    • 5. Deciphering Dobbs Susan Tanner
    • 6. Eradicating ethos Jennifer Andrus
    • Part IV. Permeable Boundaries:
    • 7. Searching for legal topoi in the shadow docket M. Kelly Carr
    • 8. Sensus communis, voter-inflicted harms, and Schuette v. BAMN Laura J. Collins
    • 9. (Vernacular) rhetorics for women's rights Rasha Diab
    • 10. to stop-and-frisk, a pattern for persuasion Lindsay Head
    • Part V. Law's Power to Exclude Voices:
    • 11. Framing the war on drugs Erin Leigh Frymire
    • 12. Ensnared by Custom Judy M. Cornett
    • 13. Dissoi logoi, rhetorical listening, and legal education Elizabeth C. Britt
    • Part VI. Looking Outward and Forward:
    • 14. An unconventional call for proposals Brian N. Larson and Elizabeth (Beth) C. Britt
    • Index.
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    • Elizabeth C. ('Beth') Britt, Brian N. Larson, Mark A. Hannah, Francis J. Mootz III, Vasileios Adamidis, Laura Webb, Susan Tanner, Jennifer Andrus, M. Kelly Carr, Laura J. Collins, Rasha Diab, Lindsay Head, Erin Leigh Frymire, Judy M. Cornett

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