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Rhetoric, Persuasion, and Modern Legal Writing

Rhetoric, Persuasion, and Modern Legal Writing

The Pen Is Mightier

by Brian L. Porto
Paperback
Publication Date: 15/07/2021

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Classical rhetorical techniques can enhance the persuasiveness of Supreme Court opinions by making their language clear, lively, and memorable. This book focuses on three techniques--"invention" (creation of arguments), "arrangement" (organization), and "style" (word choice)--in the work of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Robert Jackson, Hugo Black, William Brennan, and Antonin Scalia, respectively. The justices featured here contributed to the Court's rhetorical legacy in different ways, but all five rejected the magisterial opinion style of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in favor of a more personal and conversational format. As a result, their opinions have endured, and even modern readers who cannot recall the justices' names understand and embrace the ideas expressed in their legal writings and apply those ideas to current debates. Practicing lawyers, professors, and students can use this book to study legal writing techniques and make their own writing more persuasive.
ISBN:
9781498568937
9781498568937
Category:
Central government
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
15-07-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
218.19x153.92x15.49mm
Weight:
0.32kg

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