{"product_id":"justice-as-translation-an-essay-in-cultural-and-legal-criticism-9780226894966","title":"Justice as Translation: An Essay in Cultural and Legal Criticism","description":"White extends his conception of United States law as a constitutive rhetoric shaping American legal culture that he proposed in \u003ci\u003eWhen Words Lose Their Meaning, \u003c\/i\u003e and asks how Americans can and should criticize this culture and the texts it creates. In determining if a judicial opinion is good or bad, he explores the possibility of cultural criticism, the nature of conceptual language, the character of economic and legal discourse, and the appropriate expectations for critical and analytic writing. White employs his unique approach by analyzing individual cases involving the Fourth Amendment of the United States constitution and demonstrates how a judge translates the facts and the legal tradition, creating a text that constructs a political and ethical community with its readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"White has given us not just a novel answer to the traditional jurisprudential questions, but also a new way of reading and evaluating judicial opinions, and thus a new appreciation of the liberty which they continue to protect.\"--Robin West, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"James Boyd White should be nominated for a seat on the Supreme Court, solely on the strength of this book. . . . \u003ci\u003eJustice as Translation\u003c\/i\u003e is an important work of philosophy, yet it is written in a lucid, friendly style that requires no background in philosophy. It will transform the way you think about law.\"--Henry Cohen, \u003ci\u003eFederal Bar News \u0026amp; Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"White calls us to rise above the often deadening and dreary language in which we are taught to write professionally. . . . It is hard to imagine equaling the clarity of eloquence of White's challenge. The apparently effortless grace of his prose conveys complex thoughts with deceptive simplicity.\"--Elizabeth Mertz, \u003ci\u003eYale Journal of Law and the Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJustice as Translation\u003c\/i\u003e, like White's earlier work, provides a refreshing reminder that the humanities, despite the pummelling they have recently endured, can be humane.\"--Kenneth L. Karst, \u003ci\u003eMichigan Law Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhite, James Boyd:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJames Boyd White\u003c\/b\u003e is the Hart Wright Professor of Law, professor of English, and adjunct professor of classical studies at the University of Michigan. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Legal Imagination, Acts of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJustice as Translation\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by the University of Chicago Press.","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51615405834514,"sku":"9780226894966","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c462fe68-14d6-4eae-a96d-9fd035bfdc8b.jpg?v=1758094669","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/justice-as-translation-an-essay-in-cultural-and-legal-criticism-9780226894966","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}