Texts in Oral Context: The "Transmission" of Jury Instructions in an Indiana Trial    

Modern rhetorical scholars exhibit a curious reluctance to examine legal texts.

Stygall, Gail. WAC Clearinghouse (1991). Articles>Rhetoric>Legal

Untangling the Law: Verbal Design in Legal Argument  

“The law is a seamless web,” law professors are fond of reminding their students. The lightest touch on any strand will send vibrations through the entire intricate structure. Every legal issue, rule, and theory is integrally connected; thus attention to any part affects the whole. Ironically, the metaphor’s appropriateness extends beyond this initial image since the slightest vibrations running through even the most beautiful web will alert the waiting spider—the beauty disguises a deadly trap.

Woolever, Kristin R. JAC (1986). Articles>Rhetoric>Legal