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CFP: Classical rhetoric & contemporary law
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CFP: Classical rhetoric & contemporary law

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Express your interest in collaborating on scholarship exploring the intersections of classical rhetoric and contemporary law DEADLINE EXTENDED: Preliminary proposals due September 14, 2018 October 5, 2018 (AoE) Classical Rhetoric & Contemporary Law, a national group of scholars in the legal academy broadly interested in rhetorical theory and particularly in classical rhetorical texts, has been… Continue reading CFP: Classical rhetoric & contemporary law

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Mooting classical rhetoric in contemporary legal education

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Among the law-related papers and panels at the 2018 Rhetoric Society of America conference is one that I’m coordinating. The speakers include Kirsten Davis, Stetson University College of Law; Francis J. Mootz, McGeorge School of Law; Susan Provenzano, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Susie Salmon, The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.… Continue reading Mooting classical rhetoric in contemporary legal education

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Classical rhetoric: The anonymous Dissoi Logoi and Antiphon’s Tetralogies

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This summer, the Classical Rhetoric & Contemporary Law group has begun discussing classical texts relating to rhetoric and argumentation from the perspective of contemporary law. To support that effort, I began a series of background pieces (starting with this post on June 14) to function as a roadmap to classical rhetoric for members of the… Continue reading Classical rhetoric: The anonymous Dissoi Logoi and Antiphon’s Tetralogies

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Early history of classical rhetoric

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On June 14, the Classical Rhetoric & Contemporary Law group discussed Gorgias’s Encomium of Helen from the perspective of contemporary law, but many of us were new to the text, and so we spent a considerable amount of time just getting familiar with it. We may report later as a group on our discussions and… Continue reading Early history of classical rhetoric

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Introducing the Classical Rhetoric & Contemporary Law group

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[It’s been a while since I posted: I’ve been wrapped up in wrapping up things as I prepare to leave Georgia Tech and head to Texas A&M’s School of Law in the fall. But here’s one new project about which I’m very excited.] In January 2017 I invited colleagues in the legal academy, particularly those… Continue reading Introducing the Classical Rhetoric & Contemporary Law group