Reimagining Advocacy: Rhetorical Education in the Legal Clinic

by Elizabeth C Britt

Book Overview

Domestic violence accounts for approximately one-fifth of all violent crime in the United States and is among the most difficult issues confronting professionals in the legal and criminal justice systems. In this volume, Elizabeth Britt argues that learning embodied advocacy--a practice that results from an expanded understanding of expertise based on lived experience--and adopting it in legal settings can directly and tangibly help victims of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271081023
• ISBN13: 9780271081021
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"