The language of law school : learning to "think like a lawyer" / Elizabeth Mertz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mertz, Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Study and teaching--United States.

Law.

Law--United States--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 308 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anyone who has attended law school knows that it invokes an important intellectual transformation, frequently referred to as "learning to think like a lawyer". This process, which forces students to think and talk in radically new and toward different ways about conflicts, is directed by professors in the course of their lectures and examinations, and conducted via spoken and written language. Beth Mertz's book delves into that language to reveal the complexities of how this process takes place.

Contents:

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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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-300) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4294-6901-3

0-19-518286-3

0-19-534609-2

9786611162573

1-281-16257-4

OCLC:

131194519