The Rhythms of Hope and Disappointment in the Language of Judging (St. John's University School of Law: Rededication Symposia)

Authors

James Boyd White, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1996

Abstract

I want to talk today about a certain aspect or dimension of the language of judging. From one point of view the quality I mean can be seen as a kind of idealism inherent in legal lan­guage; from another, as a kind of fundamental hypocrisy; from still another, as a simultaneously tragic and comic element in le­gal life.

Recommended Citation

White, James Boyd. "The Rhythms of Hope and Disappointment in the Language of Judging (St. John's University School of Law: Rededication Symposia)." St. John's L. Rev. 70, no. 1 (1996): 45-50.