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In this thesis, I examine the term “expectation” as a rhetorical concept within caselaw concerning intimate partner violence and prisoner rights. Using a hermeneutic and rhetorical homological framework, I argue the interpretation of “expectation” throughout cases concerning intimate partner violence and prisoner rights establishes formal patterns of elitist rhetoric, proceduralism, and macrocosmic synecdoche. Taken together, these formal patterns suggest a tacit grand narrative that has material implications for those involved in legal disputes.
Advisor: | Johnson, Kevin A. |
Commitee: | Heyse, Amy L., Whitehead, Jason |
School: | California State University, Long Beach |
Department: | Communication Studies |
School Location: | United States -- California |
Source: | MAI 81/1(E), Masters Abstracts International |
Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
Subjects: | Rhetoric, Law |
Keywords: | Law, Rhetorical homologies |
Publication Number: | 13858989 |
ISBN: | 9781085551816 |