Persuasion: Getting to the Other Side

by Joseph William Singer

Lawyers have techniques to persuade decision-makers about what the law should be. Their normative toolkit uses arguments based on common values, storytelling, and framing to help us see our own values in a new light. These tools of reasoned argument enable us to engage in civil debate about divisive issues and to justify decisions in hard cases. Persuasion: Getting to the Other Side categorizes the arguments that lawyers use in debates about ambiguous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1531012256
• ISBN13: 9781531012250
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press LLC
• Length: 208 Pages