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May 20, 2024
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JS 760 - Language and Judicial Process (3 units)
Theories of legal language in contemporary criticism, philosophy of actions, sociology of law, psychology of discourse, and structure of English; their uses in judicial practice.
Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring - Even Years
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. recognize and critically evaluate story structures embedded in legal concepts and case types.
2. demonstrate mastery of techniques of textual analysis which allow judges to evaluate linguistic evidence in the courtroom and the linguistic features of legal analysis.
3. identify, analyze and define core stories (hence standards for judgment) with respect to contract, family law, difference, fairness, contingency, agency and gender.
4. demonstrate mastery of principles and analytic techniques advanced by new criticism, formalism, structuralism Marxism and post structuralism, then evaluate their relevance to legal analysis and judicial process.
5. demonstrate mastery of philosophical and linguistic principles of agency and action; consider those principles with respect to rights, responsibilities and defenses.
6. write a prospects for an academic article applying an analysis technique of theory studies to a court-related language problem.
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