Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-190) and index.
Contents:
The power of rhetoric in Supreme Court opinions -- The rhetorical roots of persuasive legal writing -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. : literary lion -- Robert H. Jackson : country lawyer with a golden pen -- Hugo Black : master of simplicity -- William Brennan : bridge-builder -- Antonin Scalia : originalist in style too -- Rhetoric and the Supreme Court : past, present, and future.
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