Instantiating “the law” and its dissents in Korematsu v. United States
A dramatistic analysis of judicial discourse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9236507 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clarke Rountree (University of Alabama in Huntsville, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-24 |
| Publication date | 2001-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quarterly Journal of Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5630 • E-ISSN: 1479-5779 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00335630109384315 |
| OpenAlex | W1988900276 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
In the case of Korematsu v. United Stales, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that excluding Japanese‐Americans from the East Coast following the Bombing of Pearl Harbor was not unconstitutional. This essay extends Kenneth Burkes brief dramatistic analysis of the case to show that the chief rhetorical work of this and other judicial opinions involves the strategic representation of a plethora of acts‐from the acts that give rise to the case to the judicial act of decision itself. Such representations are complex because they are constrained by the "grammar of motives" both within and between the represented acts. Key words: Korematsu v. United Statesjudicial rhetoricpentadinternmentJapanese‐AmericanU.S. Supreme Court
Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics) · Rhetorical question · Supreme court · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
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| Citation span | 2008 - 2024 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |