Publications

Publication details [#45853]

Hobbs, Pamela. 2007. Lawyers' use of humor as persuasion. Humor 20 (2) : 123–156.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

humor | law | legalese | persuasion

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.de/journals/order/en.start.html

Annotation

This study explores American lawyers' use of humor as persuasive advocacy in both informal court-mandated mediation and oral argument before the United States Supreme Court.