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Rhetoric and discourse in Supreme Court oral arguments : sensemaking in judicial decisions /
While legal scholars, psychologists, and political scientists commonly voice their skepticism over the influence oral arguments have on the Court's voting pattern, this book offers a contrarian position focused on close scrutiny of the justices' communication within oral arguments. Malphur...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Colección: | Routledge studies in rhetoric and communication ;
no. 13. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. A letter to the Chief Justice of the United States
- 2. Historical development of legal rhetoric and Supreme Court oral arguments
- 3. Do oral arguments before the Supreme Court Matter? A simple explanation
- 4. New question : oral arguments "matter," but how do we make sense of them? A modest proposal
- 5. Critical theories and research questions : proposing a method to capture the madness of oral arguments / 6. The many faces of oral argument : oral argument's purposes and the Justices' styles
- 7. Arguing about "bong hits 4 Jesus" : testing theory and method in Morse v. Frederick
- 8. Making sense of child rapists in Kennedy v. Louisiana : a firsthand observation
- 9. Historical repercussions of judicial sensemaking : District of Columbia v. Dick Anthony Heller
- 10. The ground covered and new ground to uncover : responding to critics, offering recommendations, and a final letter to the Chief Justice
- 11. Biased sensemaking : compromising the court's rhetorical authority.