LEADER 03476nam 22005773 450 001 9910838320203321 005 20230222084611.0 010 $a1-4773-2643-X 010 $a1-4773-2642-1 024 7 $a10.7560/326411 035 $a(CKB)5580000000449637 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30239142 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30239142 035 $a(OCoLC)1351201525 035 $a(DE-B1597)645311 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781477326428 035 $a(EXLCZ)995580000000449637 100 $a20230222d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSharpening the Legal Mind $eHow to Think Like a Lawyer 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAustin :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2023. 215 $a1 online resource (239 pages) 311 $a1-4773-2641-3 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Editor's Preface -- One. "I Want My Old Mind Back" -- Two. "The Case of the Speluncean Explorers" -- Three. Law's Contours -- Four. Law and Morals: Positivism and Natural Law -- Five. Historical Schools of Thought: The American Revolution to World War II -- Six. Historical Schools of Thought: The Legal Process School in the Mid-Twentieth Century -- Seven. Two Background Moral Theories -- Eight. Historical Schools of Thought: Critical Legal Studies and Postmodern Legal Theories -- Nine. Methodological Polytheism -- Notes -- Index. 330 $aThe way lawyers think about the law can seem deeply mysterious. They see nuance and meaning in statutes and implications in judicial opinions that are opaque to the rest of us. Accessible and thought provoking, Sharpening the Legal Mind explains how lawyers analyze the cases and controversies that come before the courts. Written by William Powers Jr., the former president of the University of Texas at Austin, this book is an authoritative introduction to the academic study of law and legal reasoning, including insights into the philosophy of law and the intellectual history of legal thought. 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Introduction -- 2. Sub-Saharan Africa and France: Linguistic Familiarity and Policy Challenges -- 3. The place of political discourse in the Lesotho language policy -- 4. How compassionate rhetoric can play for or against political transformation in Tanzania -- 5. Language media and communication for political transformation in Zimbabwe -- 6. What one has reason to value: language transformation agenda in South Africa from the capability approach perspective -- 7. Cartooning as a political rhetoric against army and police brutality in Nigeria -- 8. Guardians of the revolution?: A critical discourse analysis of General Chiwenga?s coup speech -- 9. Language and morality for integral humanism in Africa -- 10. Language differences and communication for political transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 11. Judas Iscariotism and Zimbabwe ppposition politics: deceit, fear of difference and language of misrepresentation -- 12. Local languages and critical pedagogies for university students in Zimbabwe: the case of students? unions -- 13. From consumption to production: constructing transformation and emancipation in the Obidient Movement -- 14. Populism and political transformation in Nigeria: a critical discourse analysis of President Buhari?s selected speeches -- 15. The sociolinguistic drama of language in a multilingual South African context -- 16. Duplicitous language and populous politics in Sub-Saharan Africa: African authors? grappling with truth and justice -- 17. Rhetorical empathy in Ghanaian presidential crisis communication -- 18. Conclusion. 330 $aThis book is one of two volumes that examines the role of political communication, media and language in transforming politics, governance and democracy in sub-Saharan Africa. Interdisciplinary in approach, this second volume analyses themes including political advertising and rhetoric, activism, populism, fake news, and political violence. 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