Minding the law
By: Anthony G. Amsterdam, Jerome Bruner.
Contributors: Bruner, Jerome S.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 453
Subjects: Law -- United States -- Interpretation and construction.; Law -- United States -- Methodology.; Judicial opinions -- United States.; Culture and law.
Description: "Minding the Law explores crucial psychological processes involved in the work of lawyers and judges: deciding whether or not particular cases fit within a legal rule ("categorizing"), telling stories to justify one's claims or undercut an adversary's ("narrative"), and tailoring one's language to be persuasive without appearing partisan ("rhetorics").

Because these processes are not unique to the law, courts' decisions cannot rest solely upon legal logic but must also depend vitally upon the underlying culture's storehouse of familiar tales of heroes and villains."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-425) and index.