Rhetorical Traditions and Contemporary Law

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Rhetorical Traditions and Contemporary Law

Edited by Brian N. Larson · Elizabeth C. Britt
Cambridge University Press June 2025

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9781009524049
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
June 2025
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Paperback
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U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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.

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

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