Format:
1 online resource (xxi, 224 pages)
ISBN:
9781136182303
,
9781136182259
,
9781136182297
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in rhetoric and communication 13
Content:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-219) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415640046
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138842489
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415640046
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203082942
