Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-219) and index.
Contents:
A letter to the chief justice of the United States -- Historical development of legal rhetoric and Supreme Court oral arguments -- Do oral arguments before the Supreme Court matter? A simple explanation -- New question : oral arguments "matter," but how do we make sense of them? A modest proposal -- Critical theories and research questions : proposing a method to capture the madness of oral arguments -- The many faces of oral argument : oral argument's purposes and the justices' styles -- Arguing about "bong hits 4 Jesus": testing theory and method in Morse v. Frederick -- Making sense of child rapists in Kennedy v. Louisiana : a firsthand observation -- Historical repercussions of judicial sensemaking : District of Columbia v. Dick Anthony Heller -- The ground covered and new ground to uncover : responding to critics, offering recommendations, and a final letter to the chief justice -- Biased sensemaking : compromising the court's rhetorical authority.
Series:
Routledge studies in rhetoric and communication ; 13
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