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Download full textBrydon, Steven R. – 1985
Using Chaim Perelman's concept of the "universal audience" as a method of analysis, an investigation was made into the images of equality under the law in two landmark Supreme Court rulings on segregation, "Plessy v. Ferguson" and "Brown v. Board of Education." The analysis revealed that the Supreme Court in both…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation
Leming, Robert S. – 1995
This ERIC digest discusses the use of dissenting U.S. Supreme Court decisions in teaching about U.S. constitutional history. for most of its history, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a single opinion indicating its decision in a case. The Court disposes of each case it reviews by majority rule (either affirming or reversing) and provides a…
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Court Judges, Court Litigation, Curriculum Development
