Discharge as Denouement: Appreciating the Storytelling of Appellate Opinions.

Papke, David Ray

Notes FAQ Contact Us

Back to results

Peer reviewed

ERIC Number: EJ413498

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

Pages: N/A

Abstractor: N/A

ISBN: N/A

ISSN: ISSN-0022-2208

EISSN: N/A

Discharge as Denouement: Appreciating the Storytelling of Appellate Opinions.

Papke, David Ray

Journal of Legal Education, v40 n1-2 p145-59 Mar-Jun 1990

In law school, focusing on legal storytelling might relieve student boredom and alienation, teach lawyers to tell better stories on clients' behalf, draft fairer imagined worlds in legislation, and shape thoughtful master narratives from the bench, and promote livelier legal scholarship and interdisciplinary collaboration. (MSE)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Court Litigation, Educational Strategies, Higher Education, Judges, Legal Education (Professions), Opinions, Story Telling

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers

Education Level: N/A

Audience: N/A

Language: English

Sponsor: N/A

Authoring Institution: N/A

Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A