The Rhetorical Boundaries of "the Law": A Consideration of the Rhetorical Culture of Legal Practice and the Case of the "Separate but Equal" Doctrine.

Hasian, Marouf, Jr.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ542425

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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The Rhetorical Boundaries of "the Law": A Consideration of the Rhetorical Culture of Legal Practice and the Case of the "Separate but Equal" Doctrine.

Hasian, Marouf, Jr.; And Others

Quarterly Journal of Speech, v82 n4 p323-42 Nov 1996

Argues that the phrase "think like a lawyer" confers a technical understanding of legal practices unavailable to ordinary people. Invites critics, in another approach, to examine ways laws are negotiated within rhetorical culture, then transformed into legal edicts. Studies the case of "Separate but Equal" doctrine to offer a set of characteristics demonstrating the rhetorical substance of legal practices. (PA)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Court Litigation, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Communities, Language Role, Lawyers, Rhetorical Criticism

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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