“Legal Writing: A Judge’s Perspective on the Science and Rhetoric of the Written Word” by Judge Robert E. Bacharach of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (American Bar Association 2020) 168 pages $89.95 nonmembers $79.95 members.
What does an appellate judge do to understand why some briefs stymie but others persuade? To understand his negative reactions to certain writing? To understand how others will react to language in his judicial opinions? He dives headlong into the science of psycholinguistics.
