SOSC 1375 Chapter Notes -Narratology
20 Nov 2013
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Narrative transactions does the law need a narratology? yale. Journal of law & humanities 18 (2006), no. The author explores the idea of a legal narrative, a story told (or mis-told) in order to influence a specific opinion or induce a specific result. Sometimes these stories make sense and are very convincing to the judge/jury/public and at other times, they make no sense at all. Often, lawyers may make use of standard narrative sequences (stereotypical stories) to help aid their cases (p. 2). The author"s main question is that if stories play such an important role in decision-making, why more attention is not paid. To narrative, to narrative analysis and even narrative theory? (p. 3). Some interesting points that the author makes are highlighted below: Integrity through mimicry (p. 8) when telling a narrative, often, witnesses are asked to recall events and previous conversations.
