Stephen J. Paskey CO O R D I N ATO R O F TH E L AW R P R O G R A M L E C T U R E R I N L A W, L E G A L A N A LY S I S , WRITING AND RESEARCH JD, University of Maryland School of Law BA, Michigan State University
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We tend to think of law as a
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AREAS OF INTEREST
ARTICLES
LAW AND NARRATIVE
Reframing Law’s Domain: Narrative,
LAW AND RHETORIC
Rhetoric, and the Forms of Legal
REFUGEE AND ASYLUM LAW
Rules, 29 Narrative 178 (2021). On Justice: An Origin Story, 68
logical system of rules, but legal
Buffalo Law Review 1515 (2020).
rules are ultimately made of words and the relationships between them. My work focuses on the implications of that simple fact, using concepts from rhetorical theory, narrative theory, cognitive linguistics, and other disciplines to question the conventional understanding of what legal rules are, how they work, and how lawyers, judges, and juries reason in real-world cases.”
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