ABSTRACT This article provides a critical edition and brief introduction to a polemical pamphlet of Hugh Blair published anonymously under the title Observations upon a Pamphlet, Intitled, An Analysis of the Moral and Religious Sentiments contained in the Writings of Sopho, and David Hume, Esq; &c. (1755). The work participates in a contemporary controversy concerning human nature and religion. Within the controversy Henry Home, Lord Kames, and David Hume had been attacked for their views on free will, not least in a tract by conservative churchman John Bonar. Blair's pamphlet defends Kames and Hume and provides a rare look at Blair's rhetorical practice apart from his extant sermons.

Abstract This essays offers a rhetorical interpretation of judicial opinions Joseph Story wrote in four U.S. Supreme Court cases concerned with the slavery question: U.S. v. La Jeune Eugenie (1822), Groves v. Slaughter (1841), U.S. v. Amistad (1841), and Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842). I argue that Story, a jurist trained in the intellectual traditions of the early republic, performed judicial argument as a kind of rhetorical action dependent upon Ciceronian controversia, a mental habit of arguing pro et contra on any matter in dispute. In consequence of this approach to judicial argument, Story's opinions do not represent a choice between positive law or natural law, neither do they represent a commitment to legal instrumentalism or legal formalism; rather they present controversial responses to rhetorical situations broadly conceived.

Research Article| January 01 2002 Sentimental Journey: The Place and Status of the Emotions in Hugh Blair's Rhetoric Sean Patrick O'Rourke Sean Patrick O'Rourke Furman University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Advances in the History of Rhetoric (2002) 5 (1): 21–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/15362426.2000.10500528 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Sean Patrick O'Rourke; Sentimental Journey: The Place and Status of the Emotions in Hugh Blair's Rhetoric. Advances in the History of Rhetoric 1 January 2002; 5 (1): 21–36. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15362426.2000.10500528 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressJournal for the History of Rhetoric Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC2002Taylor & Francis Group, LLC Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Research Article| January 01 1999 "Danced through every Labyrinth of the Law": Benjamin Austin on Rhetoric as Virtue and Vice in Early American Legal Practice Sean Patrick O'Rourke Sean Patrick O'Rourke Vanderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Advances in the History of Rhetoric (1999) 2 (1): 21–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/15362426.1997.10500511 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Sean Patrick O'Rourke; "Danced through every Labyrinth of the Law": Benjamin Austin on Rhetoric as Virtue and Vice in Early American Legal Practice. Advances in the History of Rhetoric 1 January 1999; 2 (1): 21–32. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15362426.1997.10500511 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressJournal for the History of Rhetoric Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC1999Taylor & Francis Group, LLC Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

The Law of the Other: The Mixed Jury and Changing Conceptions of Citizenship, Law, and Knowledge by Marianne Constable. New Practices of Inquiry. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1994; 192 pp. Reinterpreting Property by Margaret Jane Radin. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1993; 265 pp.

Sean Patrick O'Rourke: Introduction On Saturday, November 20, 1993, five historians of rhetoric presented papers on the question, What is the most significant passage on rhetoric in the works of Francis Bacon? The American Society for the History of Rhetoric sponsored the panel, which was part of the Speech Communication Association's 79th annual meeting held in Miami Beach, Florida. Bacon's views on the nature and scope of rhetoric have become increasingly important. As a philosopher, historian, politician, advocate, scientist, and essayist, Bacon was well aware of the cultural uses of rhetoric, and he showed particular concern for the place of rhetoric in liberal education. Moreover, he systematized and promoted his ideas in a forceful, eloquent way. As a result, despite the judgment of many that Bacon made no original contributions to science and offered little that was pivotal in the history of jurisprudence or politics, Bacon has been a central figure in intellectual history. Certainly that remains true today. Bacon's thought is deeply relevant to the ongoing work in the rhetoric of science, his influence as a prose stylist has important implications for those concerned with the essay, and his stature and authority in the field of law make his writings a preface to the contemporary debates on the rhetoric of law. For reasons that will soon become obvious, the papers provoked a lively and enthusiastic discussion when they were presented in Miami. They are presented here in the hope that they will prove equally provocative to the readers of RSQ.

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Research Article| August 01 1993 Interpretation and Meaning in the Renaissance: The Case of Law Ian Maclean, Interpretation and Meaning in the Renaissance: The Case of Law, Ideas in Context, 21 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992), xiii + 237 pp. Sean Patrick O'Rourke Sean Patrick O'Rourke Department of Communication Studies and Theatre, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rhetorica (1993) 11 (3): 344–346. https://doi.org/10.1525/rh.1993.11.3.344 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Sean Patrick O'Rourke; Interpretation and Meaning in the Renaissance: The Case of Law. Rhetorica 1 August 1993; 11 (3): 344–346. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/rh.1993.11.3.344 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRhetorica Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1993, The International Society for the History of Rhetoric1993 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.