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9780195183108

The Language of Law School Learning to "Think Like a Lawyer"

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    9780195183108

  • ISBN10:

    019518310X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-02-03
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

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.

Author Biography


Elizabeth Mertz is Senior Researcher, American Bar Foundation and Professor of Law, Wisconsin Law School.

Table of Contents

Notes on Transcriptionp. xvii
Introduction
Entering the World of U.S. Lawp. 3
Law, Language, and the Law School Classroomp. 12
Study Design, Methodology, and Profilep. 31
Similarity: legal Epistemology
Learning to Read Like a Lawyer: Text, Context, and Linguistic Ideologyp. 43
Epistemology and Teaching Styles: Different Forms, Same Messagep. 84
On Becoming a Legal Person: Identity and the Social Context of Legal Epistemologyp. 97
Difference: Social Structure in Legal Pedagogy
Professorial Style in Contextp. 141
Student Participation and Social Difference: Race, Gender, Status, and Context in Law School Classesp. 174
Conclusion: Reading, Talking, and Thinking Like a Lawyer
Legal Language and American Law: Authority, Morality, and Linguistic Ideologyp. 207
Notesp. 225
Bibliographyp. 279
Indexp. 301
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