The Language of Law School
Learning to "Think Like a Lawyer"
1st Edition
Published on 3. February 2007
327 pages
978-0-19-534609-1 (ISBN)
Description
In this linguistic study of law school education, Mertz shows how law professors employ the Socratic method between teacher and student, forcing the student to shift away from moral and emotional terms in thinking about conflict, toward frameworks of legal authority instead.
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Elizabeth Mertz is Senior Researcher, American Bar Foundation and Professor of Law, Wisconsin Law School.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Notes on Transcription
- I: INTRODUCTION
- 1. Entering the World of U.S. Law
- 2. Law, Language, and the Law School Classroom
- 3. Study Design, Methodology, and Profile
- II: SIMILARITY: LEGAL EPISTEMOLOGY
- 4. Learning to Read Like a Lawyer: Text, Context, and Linguistic Ideology
- 5. Epistemology and Teaching Styles: Different Forms, Same Message
- 6. On Becoming a Legal Person: Identity and the Social Context of Legal Epistemology
- III: DIFFERENCE: SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN LEGAL PEDAGOGY
- 7. Professorial Style in Context
- 8. Student Participation and Social Difference: Race, Gender, Status, and Context in Law School Classes
- IV: CONCLUSION: READING, TALKING, AND THINKING LIKE A LAWYER
- 9. Legal Language and American Law: Authority, Morality, and Linguistic Ideology
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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