A Narrative Analysis of Korematsu v. United States

This thesis studies the Supreme Court decision, Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944) and its historical context, using a narrative perspective and reviewing aspects of narrative viewpoints with reference to legal studies in order to introduce the present study as a method of assessing narratives in legal settings. The study reviews the Supreme Court decision to reveal its arguments and focuses on the context of the case through the presentation of the public story, the institutional story, and the ethnic Japanese story, which are analyzed using Walter Fisher's narrative perspective. The study concludes that the narrative paradigm is useful for assessing stories in the law because it enables the critic to examine both the emotional and logical reasoning that determine the outcomes of the cases.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

1999

Author dc:creator

• Santos, Bevin A.

Contributors dc:contributor

• DeLoach, Mark
• Gossett, John S.
• Bruner, Michael

• Korematsu, Fred, 1919- -- Trials, litigation, etc.
• Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
• Japanese Americans -- Civil rights.
• Civil rights -- United States.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States.
• Supreme Court
• Japanese internment
• Walter Fisher's
• narrative perspective

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Santos, Bevin A.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 45664156
untcat: b2247453
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