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This book develops a central theme: legal persuasion results from
making and breaking mental connections. This concept of making
connections inspired the authors to take a rhetorical approach to
the science of legal persuasion. That singular approach resulted in
the integration of research from cognitive science with classical
and contemporary rhetorical theory, and the application of these
two disciplines to the real-life practice of persuasion. The
combination of rhetorical analysis and cognitive science yields a
new way of seeing and understanding legal persuasion, one that
promises theoretical and practical gains. The work has three main
functions. First, it brings together the leading models of
persuasion from cognitive science and rhetorical theory, blurring
boundaries and leveraging connections between the often-separate
spheres of science and rhetoric. Second, it illustrates this
persuasive synthesis by working through concrete examples of
persuasion, demonstrating how to apply this new approach to the
taking apart and the putting together of effective legal arguments.
In this way, the book demonstrates the advantages of a deeper and
more nuanced understanding of persuasion. Third, the volume
assesses and explains why, how, and when certain persuasive methods
and techniques are more effective than others. The book is designed
to appeal to scholars in law, rhetoric, persuasion science, and
psychology; to students learning the practice of law; and to judges
and practicing lawyers who engage in persuasion.
This book develops a central theme: legal persuasion results from
making and breaking mental connections. This concept of making
connections inspired the authors to take a rhetorical approach to
the science of legal persuasion. That singular approach resulted in
the integration of research from cognitive science with classical
and contemporary rhetorical theory, and the application of these
two disciplines to the real-life practice of persuasion. The
combination of rhetorical analysis and cognitive science yields a
new way of seeing and understanding legal persuasion, one that
promises theoretical and practical gains. The work has three main
functions. First, it brings together the leading models of
persuasion from cognitive science and rhetorical theory, blurring
boundaries and leveraging connections between the often-separate
spheres of science and rhetoric. Second, it illustrates this
persuasive synthesis by working through concrete examples of
persuasion, demonstrating how to apply this new approach to the
taking apart and the putting together of effective legal arguments.
In this way, the book demonstrates the advantages of a deeper and
more nuanced understanding of persuasion. Third, the volume
assesses and explains why, how, and when certain persuasive methods
and techniques are more effective than others. The book is designed
to appeal to scholars in law, rhetoric, persuasion science, and
psychology; to students learning the practice of law; and to judges
and practicing lawyers who engage in persuasion.
What would United States Supreme Court opinions look like if key
decisions on gender issues were written with a feminist
perspective? Feminist Judgments brings together a group of scholars
and lawyers to rewrite, using feminist reasoning, the most
significant US Supreme Court cases on gender from the 1800s to the
present day. The twenty-five opinions in this volume demonstrate
that judges with feminist viewpoints could have changed the course
of the law. The rewritten decisions reveal that previously accepted
judicial outcomes were not necessary or inevitable and demonstrate
that feminist reasoning increases the judicial capacity for
justice. Feminist Judgments opens a path for a long overdue
discussion of the real impact of judicial diversity on the law as
well as the influence of perspective on judging.
What would United States Supreme Court opinions look like if key
decisions on gender issues were written with a feminist
perspective? Feminist Judgments brings together a group of scholars
and lawyers to rewrite, using feminist reasoning, the most
significant US Supreme Court cases on gender from the 1800s to the
present day. The twenty-five opinions in this volume demonstrate
that judges with feminist viewpoints could have changed the course
of the law. The rewritten decisions reveal that previously accepted
judicial outcomes were not necessary or inevitable and demonstrate
that feminist reasoning increases the judicial capacity for
justice. Feminist Judgments opens a path for a long overdue
discussion of the real impact of judicial diversity on the law as
well as the influence of perspective on judging.
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