Making the case : the art of the judicial opinion / Paul W. Kahn.
2016
K2300 .K34 2016 (Mapit)
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Making the case : the art of the judicial opinion / Paul W. Kahn.
Imprint
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016.
Description
xvii, 238 pages ; 22 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Why read the opinions?
The opinion and narrative
Unity: the judicial voice
Legal doctrine: between erudition and fundamentalism
Facts: stating the case
Conclusion: making the case for a humanist study of the law.
The opinion and narrative
Unity: the judicial voice
Legal doctrine: between erudition and fundamentalism
Facts: stating the case
Conclusion: making the case for a humanist study of the law.
Summary
Writing in the tradition of Karl Llewellyn's classic The Bramble Bush, Paul Kahn speaks in this book simultaneously to students and scholars. Drawing on thirty years of teaching experience, Kahn introduces students to the deep, narrative structure of the judicial opinion. Learning to read the opinion, the student learns the nature of legal argument. Thus Kahn's exposition of the opinion simultaneously offers a theory of legal meaning that will be of great interest to scholars of law, humanities, and the social sciences. At the center of Kahn's approach are ideas of narrative, persuasion, and self-government. His sweeping account of interpretation in law offers innovative views of the nature of authorship, the development and decline of doctrine, and the construction of facts.
Note
Writing in the tradition of Karl Llewellyn's classic The Bramble Bush, Paul Kahn speaks in this book simultaneously to students and scholars. Drawing on thirty years of teaching experience, Kahn introduces students to the deep, narrative structure of the judicial opinion. Learning to read the opinion, the student learns the nature of legal argument. Thus Kahn's exposition of the opinion simultaneously offers a theory of legal meaning that will be of great interest to scholars of law, humanities, and the social sciences. At the center of Kahn's approach are ideas of narrative, persuasion, and self-government. His sweeping account of interpretation in law offers innovative views of the nature of authorship, the development and decline of doctrine, and the construction of facts.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-229) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
K2300 .K34 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780300212082 (hardback)
0300212089 (hardback)
0300212089 (hardback)
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