Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2021
Abstract
In several “Writing It Right” articles over the past few years, I have described how federal and state judges frequently accent their opinions' substantive or procedural points with careful references to cultural markers familiar to many Americans. This article continues traveling the literary lane by turning to Aesop’s Fables. By invoking a Fable, the Friends of Animals district court continued a tradition that began in 1823, when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court cited Aesop in a will contest.
Recommended Citation
Douglas E. Abrams,
References to Aesop's Fables in Judicial Opinions and Written Advocacy, 77 Journal of the Missouri Bar 24
(2021).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/facpubs/1062