Book contents
- Rhetorical Processes and Legal Judgments
- Rhetorical Processes and Legal Judgments
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Book part
- The relevance of rhetoric
- 1 From “equality before the law” to “separate but equal”
- 2 “The civilizing hand of law”
- 3 The evolving rhetoric of the gay rights and same-sex marriage debate
- 4 The rhetoric of precedent
- 5 Alternative conceptions of legal rhetoric
- Afterword Use your words
- Index
1 - From “equality before the law” to “separate but equal”
Legal rhetoric, legal history, and Roberts v. Boston (1849)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2016
- Rhetorical Processes and Legal Judgments
- Rhetorical Processes and Legal Judgments
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Book part
- The relevance of rhetoric
- 1 From “equality before the law” to “separate but equal”
- 2 “The civilizing hand of law”
- 3 The evolving rhetoric of the gay rights and same-sex marriage debate
- 4 The rhetoric of precedent
- 5 Alternative conceptions of legal rhetoric
- Afterword Use your words
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Rhetorical Processes and Legal JudgmentsHow Language and Arguments Shape Struggles for Rights and Power, pp. 12 - 30Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016