Notion of an Ideal Audience in Legal Argument

As the dedication ofthis book suggests, the genesis ofthis book arises from my association with Cha''im Perelman. Because I was one of the few Americans to comment on his TraUe de l'' argumentation: la nouvelle rhetorique, before it was translated into English, I was invited to a conference celebrating the translation ofthat monumental work into English that was held in August 1970 in Santa Barbar...