Values and Valuations in Judicial Discourse. A Corpus-Assisted Study of (Dis)Respect in US Supreme Court Decisions on Same-Sex Marriage
This paper investigates the role of (DIS)RESPECT a value premise in two landmark civil rights cases given by the United States Supreme Court. It adopts a corpus-assisted approach whereby a keyword analysis and the analysis of key semantic domains are used to identify potential values relied upon by...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Sciendo
2018-03-01
|
| Series: | Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2018-0004 |
| _version_ | 1829499190354378752 |
|---|---|
| author | Goźdź-Roszkowski Stanisław |
| author_facet | Goźdź-Roszkowski Stanisław |
| author_sort | Goźdź-Roszkowski Stanisław |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This paper investigates the role of (DIS)RESPECT a value premise in two landmark civil rights cases given by the United States Supreme Court. It adopts a corpus-assisted approach whereby a keyword analysis and the analysis of key semantic domains are used to identify potential values relied upon by judges in their justifications. The two categories of NO RESPECT and RESPECTED have been selected and examined as one domain of (DIS)RESPECT. (DIS)RESPECT turns out to be the only value marked by strong evaluative polarity and it is found in the majority, as well as in dissenting opinions. The analysis shows how the notion of (DIS)RESPECT has been integrated into the arguments of judges and it highlights the central importance of values and the related evaluative language for legal argumentation. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-16T08:28:31Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-007427afaf25464793e7a2ae46c6e9c8 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 0860-150X 2199-6059 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-16T08:28:31Z |
| publishDate | 2018-03-01 |
| publisher | Sciendo |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric |
| spelling | doaj.art-007427afaf25464793e7a2ae46c6e9c82022-12-21T22:37:56ZengSciendoStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric0860-150X2199-60592018-03-01531617910.2478/slgr-2018-0004slgr-2018-0004Values and Valuations in Judicial Discourse. A Corpus-Assisted Study of (Dis)Respect in US Supreme Court Decisions on Same-Sex MarriageGoźdź-Roszkowski Stanisław0University of Łódź, PolandThis paper investigates the role of (DIS)RESPECT a value premise in two landmark civil rights cases given by the United States Supreme Court. It adopts a corpus-assisted approach whereby a keyword analysis and the analysis of key semantic domains are used to identify potential values relied upon by judges in their justifications. The two categories of NO RESPECT and RESPECTED have been selected and examined as one domain of (DIS)RESPECT. (DIS)RESPECT turns out to be the only value marked by strong evaluative polarity and it is found in the majority, as well as in dissenting opinions. The analysis shows how the notion of (DIS)RESPECT has been integrated into the arguments of judges and it highlights the central importance of values and the related evaluative language for legal argumentation.https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2018-0004axiologyevaluationjudicial discoursecorpus-assisted discourse analysislegal argumentationsame-sex marriage |
| spellingShingle | Goźdź-Roszkowski Stanisław Values and Valuations in Judicial Discourse. A Corpus-Assisted Study of (Dis)Respect in US Supreme Court Decisions on Same-Sex Marriage Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric axiology evaluation judicial discourse corpus-assisted discourse analysis legal argumentation same-sex marriage |
| title | Values and Valuations in Judicial Discourse. A Corpus-Assisted Study of (Dis)Respect in US Supreme Court Decisions on Same-Sex Marriage |
| title_full | Values and Valuations in Judicial Discourse. A Corpus-Assisted Study of (Dis)Respect in US Supreme Court Decisions on Same-Sex Marriage |
| title_fullStr | Values and Valuations in Judicial Discourse. A Corpus-Assisted Study of (Dis)Respect in US Supreme Court Decisions on Same-Sex Marriage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Values and Valuations in Judicial Discourse. A Corpus-Assisted Study of (Dis)Respect in US Supreme Court Decisions on Same-Sex Marriage |
| title_short | Values and Valuations in Judicial Discourse. A Corpus-Assisted Study of (Dis)Respect in US Supreme Court Decisions on Same-Sex Marriage |
| title_sort | values and valuations in judicial discourse a corpus assisted study of dis respect in us supreme court decisions on same sex marriage |
| topic | axiology evaluation judicial discourse corpus-assisted discourse analysis legal argumentation same-sex marriage |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2018-0004 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT gozdzroszkowskistanisław valuesandvaluationsinjudicialdiscourseacorpusassistedstudyofdisrespectinussupremecourtdecisionsonsamesexmarriage |