Rhetorical knowledge in legal practice and critical legal theory / Francis J. Mootz III.

A clear summary of contemporary rhetorical philosophy and its intersections with hermeneutics and critical theory. This book describes the significance of rhetorical knowledge for law through detailed discussions of some of the most difficult legal issues facing courts today, including affirmative a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Mootz, Francis J., III
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©2006.
Series:Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
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Summary:A clear summary of contemporary rhetorical philosophy and its intersections with hermeneutics and critical theory. This book describes the significance of rhetorical knowledge for law through detailed discussions of some of the most difficult legal issues facing courts today, including affirmative action, gay rights, and assisted suicide. Francis J. Mootz responds to both extremes, those who argue that law is merely a rhetorical mask for the exercise of power and those who demonstrate an ideological faith in law's autonomy, and he breaks new ground by returning to modern classics in the.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 256 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249) and index.
ISBN:9780817382100
0817382100
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.