How oral arguments influence the decisions of Supreme Court justices.
Timothy R. Johnson focuses on an all-too-often ignored aspect of the Supreme Court's decision-making process by providing a systematic explanation of how justices use oral arguments to make substantive legal and policy decisions. Using the arguments filed to the Court in legal briefs, oral argument transcripts, notes taken by Justice Lewis F. Powel...(Read More)
Acts of Arguing
(November 1999)
A Rhetorical Model of Argument Christopher W. Tindale - Author
Approaches recent innovations in argumentation theory from a primarily rhetorical perspective.
The revival of argumentation theory in the past few decades has focused on its logical and dialectical dimensions, with less attention paid to rhetorical features. This book explores and then redresses this imbalance. Tindale examines important logical and dialectical innovations in recent argumentation theory and shows that they depend impl...(Read More)
Commitment in Dialogue
(August 1995)
Basic Concepts of Interpersonal Reasoning Douglas Walton - Author Erik C. W. Krabbe - Author
Develops a logical analysis of dialogue in which two or more parties attempt to advance their own interests. It includes a classification of the major types of dialogues and a discussion of several important informal fallacies.
This book develops a logical analysis of dialogue in which two or more parties attempt to advance their own interests. It includes a classification of the major types of dialogues and a discussion of several impor...(Read More)
