Metaphor and Reason in Judicial Opinions

by Haig A. Bosmajian

To the public, judges handing down judicial decisions present arguments arrived through rational discourse and literal language. Yet, as Judge Richard Posner has pointed out, "Rhetorical power counts for a lot in law. Science, not to mention everyday thought, is influenced by metaphors. Why shouldn't law be?" Haig Bosmajian examines the crucial role of the trope--metaphors, personifications, metonymies--in argumentation and reveals the surprisingly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809316129
• ISBN13: 9780809316120
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"