Judicial genre is a particular category of written expression of legal opinions.
Robert Ferguson regards Judicial Opinion as a specific literary genre [2] Analysis of judicial genre is increasing in sophistication for example with metadiscursive analysis in recent high visibility cases.
[3] Some of the components of metadiscursive analysis include specific uses of clarifying devices for regular and special concurrences to both support and attack majority opinions.
Michael Xifaras' Theory of Legal Characters [4] ties together literary and judicial genres with a morphism wherein a legal actor performs in a professional role for an audience.
This folds in a theaterical metaphor associated with Aristotle's judicial genre' where the actor persuade listeners & audience aiming for a particular decision.