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The Legal Imagination [Abridged] [Paperback]

James Boyd White (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0226894932 | ISBN-13: 978-0226894935 | Publication Date: December 15, 1985 | Edition: Abridged

White extends his theory of law as constitutive rhetoric, asking how one may criticize the legal culture and the texts within it.

"A fascinating study of the language of the law. . . . This book is to be highly recommended: certainly, for those who find the time to read it, it will broaden the mind, and give lawyers a new insight into their role."—New Law Journal

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Paperback: 334 pages
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; Abridged edition (December 15, 1985)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0226894932
ISBN-13: 978-0226894935
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.7 inches
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #670,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Our attempt to define the lawyer as a special sort of writer might most naturally begin with a double effort: to try to locate and define his professional language, and to draw a line between what he does with that language and whatever else he does. Read the first page

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