Making the case the art of the judicial opinion

Writing in the tradition of Karl Llewellyn's classic The Bramble Bush, Paul Kahn speaks in this book simultaneously to students and scholars. Drawing on thirty years of teaching experience, Kahn introduces students to the deep, narrative structure of the judicial opinion. Learning to read the o...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kahn, Paul W., 1952- autor (autor)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press 2016
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Table of Contents:
  • A preface for students, with a note to everyone else
  • Why read the opinions?
  • The opinion and narrative
  • Unity : the judicial voice
  • Legal doctrine : between erudition and fundamentalism
  • Facts : stating the case
  • Conclusion : making the case for a humanist study of the law