Law as Trope: Framing and Evaluating Conceptual Metaphors

Pace Law Review 37 (2016)
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Abstract

Like others who work with language, many lawyers no doubt appreciate good kennings. However, metaphors also play a much deeper role in thought and law than style, ornament, or verbal virtuosity. As we shall see, metaphors play a necessary role in our categories of thought. As a result, metaphors are a necessary part of thought itself, including legal thought.

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Harold Anthony Lloyd
Wake Forest University

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