El juego

"After its neglect by two centuries of rational dogmatism, perhaps the time has come to restore this ars to its ancient vocation of serving as an ancillary art, which may be useful to many disciplines, including law and its most extravagant variant, international law. Rhetoric is not just the art of persuasion. It is not just about manipulating texts, and it is not just about words. Words are connecting factors. Behind them are ideas, concepts, and categories. Rhetoric is not just playing with words. It’s about establishing connections, tracing similarities and creating intellectual frameworks (which I would venture, is pretty much the work of a generalist in our discipline). Ultimately, it may be regarded, in the words of Cicero, as the art of finding. That is the way I meant to use it ... "

Andrea Bianchi, “The Act of State: The State of the Act, Judicial Interpretation and Human Rights Enforcement” in Marcelo Kohen (ed) Promoting Justice, Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Through International Law/ La promotion de la Justice, des droits de l’homme et du réglement des conflits par le droit international, Liber Amicorum Lucius Caflisch (Martinus Nijhoff 2007) 129; 150.