Rhetoric and discourse in Supreme Court oral arguments : sensemaking in judicial decisions / / Ryan A. Malphurs

• Autore: Malphurs Ryan A. <1980-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 p.)
• Disciplina: 347.73/2605
• Soggetto topico: Oral pleading - United States; Forensic orations - United States; Law - United States - Language
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Rhetoric and Discourse in Supreme Court Oral Arguments: Sensemaking in Judicial Decisions ; Copyright ; Contents ; Figures ; Tables ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; 1 A Letter to the Chief Justice of the United States ; 2 Historical Development of Legal Rhetoric and Supreme Court Oral Arguments 3 Do Oral Arguments Before the Supreme Court Matter?: A Simple Explanation ; 4 New Question: Oral Arguments "Matter," But How Do We Make Sense of Them?: A Modest Proposal ; 5 Critical Theories and Research Questions: Proposing a Method to Capture the Madness of Oral Arguments 6 The Many Faces of Oral Argument: Oral Argument's Purposes and the Justices' Styles ; 7 Arguing About "Bong Hits 4 Jesus": Testing Theory and Method in Morse v. Frederick ; 8 Making Sense of Child Rapists in Kennedy v. Louisiana: A Firsthand Observation 9 Historical Repercussions of Judicial Sensemaking: District of Columbia v. Dick Anthony Heller ; 10 The Ground Covered and New Ground to Uncover: Responding to Critics, Offering Recommendations, and a Final Letter to the Chief Justice 11 Biased Sensemaking: Compromising the Court's Rhetorical Authority ; Notes ; References ; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <P>While legal scholars, psychologists, and political scientists commonly voice their skepticism over the influence oral arguments have on the Court's voting pattern, this book offers a contrarian position focused on close scrutiny of the justices' communication within oral arguments. Malphurs examines the rhetoric, discourse, and subsequent decision-making within the oral arguments for significant Supreme Court cases, visiting their potential power and danger and revealing the rich dynamic nature of the justices' interactions among themselves and the advocates. In addition to offering advance
• Titolo autorizzato: Rhetoric and discourse in Supreme Court oral arguments
• ISBN: 1-136-18229-2; 1-283-94213-5; 0-203-08294-X; 1-136-18230-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828924703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication