Rhetorical Knowledge in Legal Practice And Critical Legal Theory

Informationen zum Autor Francis J. Mootz III is Professor of Law at the Dickinson School of Law at Penn State University, editor of Gadamer and Law, andcoeditor with Peter Goodrich Nietzsche and Law . Klappentext A clear summary of contemporary rhetorical philosophy and its intersections with hermeneutics and critical theory. Zusammenfassung Describes the significance of rhetorical knowledge for law through discussions of legal issues facing courts! such as affirmative action! gay rights! and assisted suicide. Drawing from Chaim Perelman's "new rhetoric" and Hans-Georg Gadamer's "philosophical hermeneutics!" this book argues that justice is a product of rhetorical knowledge.

Product details

• Authors: Francis Mootz, Francis J. Mootz, Professor Francis J. Mootz
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2006
• EAN: 9780817315368
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-1536-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Rhetoric, Culture, and Social; Rhetoric, Culture, and Social; Albma Rhetoric Cult & Soc Crit; Rhetoric Culture and Social Cr
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries