Contemporary scholarship illustrates the law s increasingly powerful role in American life; legal education, in turn, has focused on the problems and techniques of communication.This book addresses these interests through critical study of eight popular trials: the 17th-century trial of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, and the 20th-century trials of Scopes, the Rosenbergs, the Chicago Seven, the Catonsville Nine, John Hinckley, Claus von Bulow, and San Diego Mayor Larry Hedgecock.Such trials spark major public debates, become symbols of public life, and legitimize particular beliefs and...
Contemporary scholarship illustrates the law s increasingly powerful role in American life; legal education, in turn, has focused on the problems a...
Although fallacies have been common since Aristotle, until recently little attention has been devoted to identifying and defining them. Furthermore, the concept of fallacy itself has lacked a sufficiently clear meaning to make it a useful tool for evaluating arguments. Douglas Walton takes a new analytical look at the concept of fallacy and presents an up-to-date analysis of its usefulness for argumentation studies. Walton uses case studies illustrating familiar arguments and tricky deceptions in everyday conversation where the charge of fallaciousness is at...
Although fallacies have been common since Aristotle, until recently little attention has been devoted to identifying and defining them. Furth...
