Heracles' bow: essays on the rhetoric and poetics of the law

Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press (1985)
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The author, in this series of essays, depicts the law as an essentially literary, rhetorical, and ethical activity. The topics discussed include a talk to students entering law school, describing the intellectual activity of the law, an exploration of the structure of legal thought and expression, and a dialogue which explores the ethics of argument.

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K230.W5.H47 1985

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