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In this linguistic study of law school education, Mertz shows how law professors employ the Socratic method between teacher and student, forcing the student to shift away from moral and emotional terms in thinking about conflict, toward frameworks of legal authority instead.

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Author:   Elizabeth Mertz (Professor, Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.485kg
ISBN:  

9780195183108

ISBN 10:   019518310
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   22 February 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Notes on Transcription I. Introduction 1.: Entering the World of U.S. Law 2.: Law, Language, and the U.S. 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 Form, Same Message 6.: On Becoming a Legal Person: Law Talk in the Law School Classrooms III. Difference: Social Structure in Legal Pedagogy 7.: Professionial 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 Index

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Mertz has produced nothing short of a masterpiece in the linguistic anthropology of law and society, one of those rare interdisciplinary efforts that comes along every decade or so. Just as important, the depth of the analysis is matched only by the eloquence of her prose. Her clear writing, coupled with liberal use of data excerpts through out the chapters and the fact that the book is available in an affordable paperback edition, makes The Language of Law School an attractive text for a number of courses in linguistic anthropology, discourse studies, legal discourse, law and society, and legal socialization at graduate, undergraduate, and professional levels. --American Anthropologist<br>

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Elizabeth Mertz is Senior Researcher, American Bar Foundation and Professor of Law, Wisconsin Law School.

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