Unsought Responsibility: The U.S. Supreme Court and the Politics of Passive Writing

被引：3

作者：

Skinner, Daniel ^{[1
]}

Pludwin, Steven ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Capital Univ, Columbus, OH USA

[2] CUNY, Program Polit Sci, Grad Ctr, New York, NY USA

来源：

POLITY | 2013年 / 45卷 / 04期

关键词：

Supreme Court; passive voice; politics; writing; critical legal theory;

D O I：

10.1057/pol.2013.19

中图分类号：

D0 [政治学、政治理论];

学科分类号：

0302 ; 030201 ;

摘要：

This article examines the politics of "passive voice" in U.S. Supreme Court opinions. We first recast the phenomenon of passive voice as a matter of strategic writing and subject it to political analysis. We then argue that a productive relationship between active and passive writing is required by the conventions of legal legitimacy, particularly as it requires distance from politics. To illustrate the politics of passive legal writing, we examine passages from key Supreme Court opinions. Through this analysis, we advocate a perspective shift for reading the political dynamics of Supreme Court opinions.

引用

页码：499 / 524

页数：26

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