02490nam 2200565 a 450 991045668420332120200520144314.01-59332-550-9(CKB)2550000000035436(EBL)837744(OCoLC)732955761(SSID)ssj0000553389(PQKBManifestationID)11343845(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000553389(PQKBWorkID)10505119(PQKB)11717249(MiAaPQ)EBC837744(Au-PeEL)EBL837744(CaPaEBR)ebr10430429(EXLCZ)99255000000003543620100115d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrForensic rhetoric[electronic resource] the force of closing arguments /Susanna Shelton ClasonEl Paso, Tex. LFB Scholarly Pub.20101 online resource (169 p.)Criminal justice : recent scholarshipDescription based upon print version of record.1-59332-383-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-154) and index.The power of legal rhetoric -- Research design and analytic strategy -- Ethos : a rhetoric of impression -- Logos : the rhetoric of reasoning -- Pathos : a rhetoric of engagement -- Conclusions.Clason focuses on the closing argument rhetorical practices of five trial attorneys. She seeks to 1) learn how participants utilized rhetorical strategies in closing argument; 2) better understand how they selected those strategies; and 3) examine why they employed the strategies they did through the central categories of ethos, logos, and pathos. Study participants' awareness and consideration of the classical speaker, audience, and message Aristotelian speech situation as well as the power of persuasion demonstrates the continued influence of rhetoric in courts and rhetorical nature of legalCriminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Summation (Law)United StatesForensic oratoryElectronic books.Summation (Law)Forensic oratory.347.73/75Clason Susanna Shelton983139MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456684203321Forensic rhetoric2243909UNINA