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Architexture, Akhil Reed Amar
Architexture, Akhil Reed Amar
Indiana Law Journal
Addison C. Harris Lecture, March 20, 2002
The Rhetoric Of Constitutional Law, Erwin Chemerinsky
The Rhetoric Of Constitutional Law, Erwin Chemerinsky
Michigan Law Review
I spend much of my time dealing with Supreme Court opinions. Usually, I download and read them the day that they are announced by the Court. I edit them for my casebook and teach them to my students. I write about them, lecture about them, and litigate about them. My focus, like I am sure most everyone's, is functional: I try to discern the holding, appraise the reasoning, ascertain the implications, and evaluate the decision's desirability. Increasingly, though, I have begun to think that this functional approach is overlooking a crucial aspect of Supreme Court decisions: their rhetoric. I use …
Calculating Compassion, Kathleen Woodward
Calculating Compassion, Kathleen Woodward
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium on "Law, Morality, and Popular Culture in the Public Sphere" at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, April 6, 2001.
Justice Scalia's Rhetoric Of Dissent: A Greco-Roman Analysis Of Scalia's Advocacy In The Vmi Case, Michael Frost
Justice Scalia's Rhetoric Of Dissent: A Greco-Roman Analysis Of Scalia's Advocacy In The Vmi Case, Michael Frost
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
"We Must Be Hunters Of Meaning": Race, Metaphor, And The Models Of Steven Winter, D. Marvin Jones
"We Must Be Hunters Of Meaning": Race, Metaphor, And The Models Of Steven Winter, D. Marvin Jones
Articles
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Legal Knowledge, James Boyd White
Legal Knowledge, James Boyd White
Articles
What do we know when we know the law? I asked a rabbi I know how he would answer that question with respect to Jewish law. Does someone know the law when he can repeat the rules that tell him what to do? Or when he can engage in the activity of reading them, separately or in conjunction with each other, and applying them sensibly to new circumstances? Is even that enough? My friend said it was not: he must know who he is in relation to the law, both as an individual and as a member of a people; …
"It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times...:" Science, Rhetoric And A Distribution In A Risky World, Marc R. Poirier
"It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times...:" Science, Rhetoric And A Distribution In A Risky World, Marc R. Poirier
Case Western Reserve Law Review
No abstract provided.
Judicial Personality: Rhetoric And Emotion In Supreme Court Opinions, Laura Krugman Ray
Judicial Personality: Rhetoric And Emotion In Supreme Court Opinions, Laura Krugman Ray
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Judicial Personality: Rhetoric And Emotion In Supreme Court Opinions, Laura K. Ray
Judicial Personality: Rhetoric And Emotion In Supreme Court Opinions, Laura K. Ray
Laura K. Ray
No abstract provided.