Evolution of the Judicial Opinion: Institutional and Individual Styles
“Evolution of the Judicial Opinion contains a wealth of historical information and empirically-based argument that provides the reader with a thorough discussion of how the contemporary approach to judicial opinion writing has developed. It will prove to be an indispensable reference”-Law and Politics book review,“This work constitutes a perspicacious guide to recovering the vitality and importance of judicial opinions, and it offers recommendations forthe proper mission of judges within a changing legal culture. . . . Recommended.”-Choice,“There is no better book for conveying the hidden literary value in the judicial opinion of our time.”-Robert A. Ferguson,author ofThe Trial in American Life