Introduction to Classical Legal Rhetoric : A Lost Heritage.

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Greco-Roman Rhetoric: The Canon and its History -- Principles of Greco-Roman Forensic Rhetoric: The Canon -- Medieval Rhetoric -- Renaissance Rhetoric -- English Neoclassical Rhetoric -- Classical Rhetoric in Nineteenth-Century America -- Classical Rhetoric in Twentieth-Century America -- 2 Greco-Roman Legal Analysis: The Topics of Invention -- Dialectical 'Proof and Rhetorical 'Probability' -- Factual Analysis -- Topoi or Common Lines of Argument -- Modem Approaches to the Topics of Invention -- Similarities and Differences -- 3 Brief Rhetoric: The Organization of Argument -- Classical Principles of Organization -- 4 Ethos, Pathos and Legal Audience -- Emotion and Advocate Credibility -- Greco-Roman Approaches to Persuasion -- Greco-Roman Audiences -- Emotion and Argument: Pathos -- Emotion and the Character of the Judge -- Emotion and Organization -- Ethos and Lawyer Credibility -- Ethos and Pathos: The Modem View -- Similarities and Differences -- 5 Greco-Roman Analysis of Metaphoric Reasoning -- Classical Approaches to Metaphor -- Modem Analysis of Legal Metaphors -- Modem Theories of Metaphoric Reasoning -- Similarities and Differences -- 6 Greco-Roman Elements of Forensic Style -- Classical Approach to Antithesis and Parallelism -- Modem Approaches to Antithesis and Parallelism -- Similarities and Differences -- 7 The Rhetoric of Dissent: A Greco-Roman Analysis -- Limits of Dissent -- United States v. Virginia: The Majority Opinion -- Justice Scalia's Dissent -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book is the first to systematically examine the connections between classical rhetoric and modern legal discourse. It traces the history of legal rhetoric from the classical period to the present day and shows how modern theorists have unknowingly benefited from the classical works.

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