TY - BOOK ID - 77876330 TI - Rhetorical knowledge in legal practice and critical legal theory PY - 2006 SN - 0817382100 9780817382100 0817315365 9780817315368 PB - Tuscaloosa, Ala. University of Alabama Press DB - UniCat KW - Rhetoric. KW - Critical legal studies. KW - Law KW - Language and languages KW - Speaking KW - Authorship KW - Expression KW - Literary style KW - Jurisprudence KW - Critical legal studies movement KW - Critical theory KW - Sociological jurisprudence KW - Philosophy. KW - Rhetoric KW - Droit KW - Rhétorique KW - Critique du droit (Mouvement) KW - Philosophie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77876330 AB - A clear summary of contemporary rhetorical philosophy and its intersections with hermeneutics and critical theory. This book describes the significance of rhetorical knowledge for law through detailed discussions of some of the most difficult legal issues facing courts today, including affirmative action, gay rights, and assisted suicide. Francis J. Mootz responds to both extremes, those who argue that law is merely a rhetorical mask for the exercise of power and those who demonstrate an ideological faith in law's autonomy, and he breaks ne ER -