Title: Sports in the Courts: How Sports References Strengthen Written Advocacy and Judicial Opinions (Part I)
Abstract: Justices and lower federal and state judges since the early 1970s. In cases with no claims or defenses concerning sports, written opinions frequently help explain substantive or procedural points with references to the rules or terminology of sports familiar to many Americans. This two-part article explores the growth of this familiar rhetorical technique in the courts. Part I here discusses the proliferation of sports references in Supreme Court opinions, and begins discussing that proliferation in the lower federal and state courts. In the next issue of Precedent, Part II finishes
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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