Foreword by John O Ward Acknowledgements List of contributors Introduction
The nedessity of argument: Recovering a lost tradition
Justin T Gleeson and Ruth CA Higgins
Part 1 – Law and Language in the Greco-Roman Tradition
“The empty eloquence of fools”: Rhetoric in Classical Greece
Ruth C A Higgins
Cicero’s De Oratore, Pro Milone and the Philippics: Character, Argument and Emotion
Justin T Gleeson
Quintilian and the Public Attainment of Justice
Douglas Hassall
Hermogenes of Tarsus: Rhetorical Bridge from the Ancient World to the Modern
The Honourable Justice Arthur R Emmett
Part 2 – The Practice of Persuasion
The Rise (and Fall?) of the Barrister Class
The Honourable Michael H McHugh AC, QC
Rhetoric in Law – A Case for Optimism
The Honourable Justice Michael D Kirby AC, CMG
Aspects of Rhetoric in Forensic Advocacy Over the Past 50 years
The Honourable Justice J D Heydon AC
Part 3 – The Politics of Persuasion
The Political Rhetoric of American Aspiration
Susan Thomas
20th-Century Political Rhetoric: Churchill, Menzies and Whitlam
Graham Freudenberg AM
Annotated Bibliography for Chapters in Part 1 Table of Cases Index