Law and Rhetoric: A Primer

by Linda Berger, Mark Hannah, Delia Conti

"Benefitting a wide audience, this text introduces rhetorical theory as applied to the law. Aristotle's definition of rhetoric-discovering all the available means of persuasion-encapsulates the benefits of rhetoric to lawyers. We know stories are persuasive, and narrative theory explains why. Law is built on metaphor and analogy. Argument structures are themselves persuasive. Rhetorical sensitivity and the features of the rhetorical situation offer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 153101982X
• ISBN13: 9781531019822
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 318 Pages