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Cartoon Contracts And The Proactive Visualization Of Law, Michael D. Murray

University of Massachusetts Law Review

Contracts have always relied on text first, foremost, and usually exclusively. Yet, this approach leaves many users of contracts in the dark as to the actual meaning of the transactional documents and instruments they enter into. The average contract routinely uses language that only lawyers, law-trained readers, and highly literate persons can truly understand. There is a movement in the law in the United States and many other nations called the visualization of law movement that attempts to bridge these gaps in contractual communication by using highly visual instruments. In appropriate circumstances, even cartoons and comic book forms of sequential …

“Remarkable Influence”: The Unexpected Importance Of Justice Scalia's Deceptively Unanimous And Contested Majority Opinions, Linda L. Berger, Eric C. Nystrom

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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The Irrelevance Of Contemporary Academic Philosophy For Law: Recovering The Rhetorical Tradition / A Irrelevância Da Filosofia Acadêmica Contemporânea Para O Direito: Redescobrindo A Tradição Retórica, Francis J. Mootz

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

This short essay was published as part of a volume celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Karl Llewellyn’s article “On Philosophy in American Law.” The author argues that academic philosophy is irrelevant to lawyers, and that lawyers have little use for philosophical inquiry. This situation can be corrected by returning to the rhetorical and hermeneutical features of legal practice and reclaiming these ancient traditions of philosophical thought.

Este breve ensaio foi originalmente publicado como parte de uma obra em celebração ao aniversário de 75 anos do artigo “On Philosophy in American Law” de Karl Llewellyn. Argumenta-se que a filosofia acadêmica é …

Notes On Nuance: Volume 1, Patrick Barry

Books

To succeed in law, business, education, government, health care, and many other fields, it is becoming increasingly important to distinguish yourself as a savvy communicator. Social media has only accelerated the ways in which we all must learn to use our words to connect, compete, and create. There are features of the English language, however, that many of us haven’t taken full advantage of yet. Notes on Nuance is designed to help change that.

Drawing on a diverse collection of authors—from novelists to physicists, from ancient Greek historians to modern-day CEOs—it reveals the hidden mechanics that skilled writers use to …

Dissenting From The Bench, Christine Venter

Journal Articles

This paper examines the oral dissents of Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg from the year 2000 to the times of their respective deaths. It explores the concept and purpose of oral dissent and details the kinds of cases in which each justice was more likely to orally dissent. The paper analyzes the kinds of rhetoric that each justice used to refer to their subject matter, and argues that Scalia's rhetoric evinces a view of the law as "autonomous", operating independently of the facts of the case. In contrast, Ginsburg's view espouses a view of the law as responsive …