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Courtroom Narration: A Capsule Essay


Elizabeth Mertz


University of Wisconsin - Madison; American Bar Foundation

Jonathan Yovel


Yale Law School; University of Haifa - Faculty of Law

ROUTLEDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NARRATIVE THEORY, David Herman, Manfred Jahn, Marie-Laure Ryan, eds., Routledge, 2005

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Using materials from narrative theory, jurisprudence and linguistic anthropology, this concise essay presents insights from both established and new research into the performative, institutional-poetic junctions of courtroom narrative.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 4

Keywords: law and language, litigation, narrative theory, empirical legal studies, coherence, legal rhetoric, courtroom narrative

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Date posted: April 24, 2007  

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Mertz, Elizabeth Ellen and Yovel, Jonathan, Courtroom Narration: A Capsule Essay. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=981308

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Elizabeth Ellen Mertz (Contact Author)
University of Wisconsin - Madison ( email )
716 Langdon Street
Madison, WI 53706-1481
United States
American Bar Foundation ( email )
750 N. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
United States
Jonathan Yovel
Yale Law School ( email )
P.O. Box 208215
New Haven, CT 06520-8215
United States
203.435.5911 (Phone)

University of Haifa - Faculty of Law ( email )
Mount Carmel
Haifa, 31905
Israel
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