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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Book/Film/Article review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - John Harrington : Towards a Rhetoric of Medical Law
AU - Jessop, Bob
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - This is an extended book review of John Harrington, Towards a Rhetoric of Medical Law (2017) that comments above all on the author's attempt to combine the rhetorical turn in law with systems-theoretical arguments. It identifies the heuristic power of the approach but also notes some limitations regarding the variation, selection, and retention of competing rhetorical arguments and the kinds of constraint - not merely systems-related -- that might influence this.
AB - This is an extended book review of John Harrington, Towards a Rhetoric of Medical Law (2017) that comments above all on the author's attempt to combine the rhetorical turn in law with systems-theoretical arguments. It identifies the heuristic power of the approach but also notes some limitations regarding the variation, selection, and retention of competing rhetorical arguments and the kinds of constraint - not merely systems-related -- that might influence this.
KW - rhetoric
KW - cultural political economy
KW - medical law
KW - welfare state
KW - systems theory
U2 - 10.1111/jols.12068
DO - 10.1111/jols.12068
M3 - Book/Film/Article review
VL - 44
SP - 732
EP - 736
JO - Journal of Law and Society
JF - Journal of Law and Society
SN - 0263-323X
IS - 4
ER -