{"product_id":"controversy-courts-and-community-the-rhetoric-of-judge-miles-welton-lord-9780313292477","title":"Controversy, Courts, and Community: The Rhetoric of Judge Miles Welton Lord","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplores how a famous trial court judge used rhetorical strategies to engage the public and the legal community in challenging the accepted views of the proper roles for the courts and the community in the pursuit of justice. Analyzes the role of Judge Lord in stimulating public debate about some well-known and controversial cases and in doing so helps enrich our understanding of how trial court judicial rhetoric and opinions can contribute to public understanding and a fruitful discussion of the law, the courts, and their relationship to the community. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJudge Lord made his opinions accessible and potentially persuasive to a public auidence through his attention to judicial personal, argument structures that helped to maintain a sense of dramatic narrative, the use of plain language, and the use of substitution, metaphor, and comparison. In addition to offering practical insights into the operation of trial courts, judicial persuasion, and the settlement of some important cases, provides an overview of different judicial approaches to the use of rhetoric. This in-depth study of a noted judge and important trials can serve as a useful text for students in law, communications, public policy, and American studies and will be of interest to scholars and professionals alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Verna C. Corgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Contributions in Legal Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313292477","brand":"Praeger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44365831110793,"sku":"9780313292477","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_00f1625d-9d9e-4f30-a2c4-ec6dad104837.jpg?v=1751346953","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/controversy-courts-and-community-the-rhetoric-of-judge-miles-welton-lord-9780313292477","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}