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Storytelling for lawyers / / Philip N. Meyer
| Storytelling for lawyers / / Philip N. Meyer |
| Autore | Meyer Philip N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 347.7375 |
| Soggetto topico |
Trial practice - United States
Persuasion (Psychology) Storytelling |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-991061-8
0-19-987541-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; STORYTELLING FOR LAWYERS; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgment; 1. Introduction; I. Lawyers Are Storytellers; II. Legal Arguments Are Stories in Disguise; III. The Parts of a Story; IV. Movies and Closing Arguments; 2. Plotting I: The Basics; I. What Is Plot?; II. Plot Structure in Two Movies; 3. Plotting II: Plot Structure in a Closing Argument to a Jury in a Complex Torts Case; I. The "Backstory"; II. Annotated Excerpts from Gerry Spence's Closing Argument on Behalf of Karen Silkwood; III. Concluding Observations
4. Character Lessons: Character, Character Development, and CharacterizationI. Introduction: Why Emphasize Movie Characters in Legal Storytelling?; II. What Is Character, and Why Is It Important to Legal Storytellers?; III. Flat and Round Characters and Static and Changing Characters- High Noon Revisited; IV. Techniques of Character Development and Characterization: Excerpts from Tobias Wolff 's This Boy's Life; 5. Characters, Character Development, and Characterization in a Closing Argument to a Jury in a Complex Criminal Case; I. The "Backstory" II. Annotated Excerpts from Jeremiah Donovan's Closing Argument on Behalf of Louis FaillaIII. Concluding Observations; 6. Style Matters: How to Use Voice, Point of View, Details and Images, Rhythms of Language, Scene and Summary, and Quotations and Transcripts in Effective Legal Storytelling; I. Backstory: Grading Law School Examinations; II. Preliminary Note: "Voice" and "Style"; III. Voice and Rhythm: "Staying on the Surface"; IV. The Use of Scene and Summary: "Showing and Telling"; V. Telling in Different Voices; VI. Perspective or Point of View VII. Several Functions of Perspective: How Does Perspective (Point of View)Work, and What Work Does It Do?VIII. Concluding Observations; 7. A Sense of Place: Settings, Descriptions, and Environments; I. Introduction; II. Dangerous Territory: Contrasting Settings Evoking Danger and Instability in Joan Didion's "The White Album" and the Judicial Opinion in a Rape Case; III. More Dangerous Places Where Bad Things Happen: Use of Physical Descriptions and Factual Details to Create Complex Environments in W. G. Sebald's The Emigrants and the Petitioners' Briefs in Two Coerced Confession Cases IV. Settings and Environment as Villains and Villainy in the Mitigation Stories of Kathryn Harrison's While They Slept and the Petitioner's Brief in Eddings v. OklahomaV. Concluding Observations; 8. Narrative Time: A Brief Exploration; I. Introduction; II. The Ordering of Discourse Time; III. Concluding Observations; 9. Final Observations: Beginnings and Endings; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464706003321 |
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| New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Storytelling for lawyers / / Philip N. Meyer
| Storytelling for lawyers / / Philip N. Meyer |
| Autore | Meyer Philip N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 347.7375 |
| Soggetto topico |
Trial practice - United States
Persuasion (Psychology) Storytelling |
| ISBN |
0-19-991061-8
0-19-987541-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; STORYTELLING FOR LAWYERS; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgment; 1. Introduction; I. Lawyers Are Storytellers; II. Legal Arguments Are Stories in Disguise; III. The Parts of a Story; IV. Movies and Closing Arguments; 2. Plotting I: The Basics; I. What Is Plot?; II. Plot Structure in Two Movies; 3. Plotting II: Plot Structure in a Closing Argument to a Jury in a Complex Torts Case; I. The "Backstory"; II. Annotated Excerpts from Gerry Spence's Closing Argument on Behalf of Karen Silkwood; III. Concluding Observations
4. Character Lessons: Character, Character Development, and CharacterizationI. Introduction: Why Emphasize Movie Characters in Legal Storytelling?; II. What Is Character, and Why Is It Important to Legal Storytellers?; III. Flat and Round Characters and Static and Changing Characters- High Noon Revisited; IV. Techniques of Character Development and Characterization: Excerpts from Tobias Wolff 's This Boy's Life; 5. Characters, Character Development, and Characterization in a Closing Argument to a Jury in a Complex Criminal Case; I. The "Backstory" II. Annotated Excerpts from Jeremiah Donovan's Closing Argument on Behalf of Louis FaillaIII. Concluding Observations; 6. Style Matters: How to Use Voice, Point of View, Details and Images, Rhythms of Language, Scene and Summary, and Quotations and Transcripts in Effective Legal Storytelling; I. Backstory: Grading Law School Examinations; II. Preliminary Note: "Voice" and "Style"; III. Voice and Rhythm: "Staying on the Surface"; IV. The Use of Scene and Summary: "Showing and Telling"; V. Telling in Different Voices; VI. Perspective or Point of View VII. Several Functions of Perspective: How Does Perspective (Point of View)Work, and What Work Does It Do?VIII. Concluding Observations; 7. A Sense of Place: Settings, Descriptions, and Environments; I. Introduction; II. Dangerous Territory: Contrasting Settings Evoking Danger and Instability in Joan Didion's "The White Album" and the Judicial Opinion in a Rape Case; III. More Dangerous Places Where Bad Things Happen: Use of Physical Descriptions and Factual Details to Create Complex Environments in W. G. Sebald's The Emigrants and the Petitioners' Briefs in Two Coerced Confession Cases IV. Settings and Environment as Villains and Villainy in the Mitigation Stories of Kathryn Harrison's While They Slept and the Petitioner's Brief in Eddings v. OklahomaV. Concluding Observations; 8. Narrative Time: A Brief Exploration; I. Introduction; II. The Ordering of Discourse Time; III. Concluding Observations; 9. Final Observations: Beginnings and Endings; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788902703321 |
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Meyer Philip N
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| New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Storytelling for lawyers / / Philip N. Meyer
| Storytelling for lawyers / / Philip N. Meyer |
| Autore | Meyer Philip N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 347.7375 |
| Soggetto topico |
Trial practice - United States
Persuasion (Psychology) Storytelling |
| ISBN |
0-19-991061-8
0-19-987541-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; STORYTELLING FOR LAWYERS; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgment; 1. Introduction; I. Lawyers Are Storytellers; II. Legal Arguments Are Stories in Disguise; III. The Parts of a Story; IV. Movies and Closing Arguments; 2. Plotting I: The Basics; I. What Is Plot?; II. Plot Structure in Two Movies; 3. Plotting II: Plot Structure in a Closing Argument to a Jury in a Complex Torts Case; I. The "Backstory"; II. Annotated Excerpts from Gerry Spence's Closing Argument on Behalf of Karen Silkwood; III. Concluding Observations
4. Character Lessons: Character, Character Development, and CharacterizationI. Introduction: Why Emphasize Movie Characters in Legal Storytelling?; II. What Is Character, and Why Is It Important to Legal Storytellers?; III. Flat and Round Characters and Static and Changing Characters- High Noon Revisited; IV. Techniques of Character Development and Characterization: Excerpts from Tobias Wolff 's This Boy's Life; 5. Characters, Character Development, and Characterization in a Closing Argument to a Jury in a Complex Criminal Case; I. The "Backstory" II. Annotated Excerpts from Jeremiah Donovan's Closing Argument on Behalf of Louis FaillaIII. Concluding Observations; 6. Style Matters: How to Use Voice, Point of View, Details and Images, Rhythms of Language, Scene and Summary, and Quotations and Transcripts in Effective Legal Storytelling; I. Backstory: Grading Law School Examinations; II. Preliminary Note: "Voice" and "Style"; III. Voice and Rhythm: "Staying on the Surface"; IV. The Use of Scene and Summary: "Showing and Telling"; V. Telling in Different Voices; VI. Perspective or Point of View VII. Several Functions of Perspective: How Does Perspective (Point of View)Work, and What Work Does It Do?VIII. Concluding Observations; 7. A Sense of Place: Settings, Descriptions, and Environments; I. Introduction; II. Dangerous Territory: Contrasting Settings Evoking Danger and Instability in Joan Didion's "The White Album" and the Judicial Opinion in a Rape Case; III. More Dangerous Places Where Bad Things Happen: Use of Physical Descriptions and Factual Details to Create Complex Environments in W. G. Sebald's The Emigrants and the Petitioners' Briefs in Two Coerced Confession Cases IV. Settings and Environment as Villains and Villainy in the Mitigation Stories of Kathryn Harrison's While They Slept and the Petitioner's Brief in Eddings v. OklahomaV. Concluding Observations; 8. Narrative Time: A Brief Exploration; I. Introduction; II. The Ordering of Discourse Time; III. Concluding Observations; 9. Final Observations: Beginnings and Endings; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824499503321 |
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Meyer Philip N
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| New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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