Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Malphurs, Ryan A., 1980-

Title Rhetoric and discourse in Supreme Court oral arguments : sensemaking in judicial decisions / by Ryan A. Malphurs
Published New York : Routledge, 2013

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xxi, 224 pages)
Series Routledge studies in rhetoric and communication ; no. 13
Routledge studies in rhetoric and communication ; no. 13.
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index
Notes Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL
Print version record
Subject United States. Supreme Court -- Decision making
SUBJECT United States. Supreme Court fast
Subject Oral pleading -- United States
Forensic orations -- United States
Law -- United States -- Language
LAW -- Government -- Federal.
Decision making
Forensic orations
Law -- Language
Oral pleading
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012029759
ISBN 9781136182303
1136182306
9781136182297
1136182292
9780203082942
020308294X
9781136182259
113618225X
9780415640046
0415640040
9781138842489
1138842486