B030886 - LEGAL WRITING AND SPEAKING WORKSHOP

Italian

A text, written or spoken, has to be not only grammatically correct, but also correctly argued, with contents logically exposed. The workshop aims to arouse in the law student cultural awareness in the use of the language, in order to develop a concise and effective but also flexible arguing, both in written and oral language. It has to prove clear for all recipients.

Attending students:
notes from the lectures and materials to be distributed by the teacher through the Moodle platform. Reading of following book is suggested: Luca Serianni, Leggere, scrivere, argomentare: prove ragionate di scrittura, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2015

The course intends to provide the required knowledge for a conscious use of language in the different aspects and modes of legal discourse.

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Considering its theoretical but also practical approach, the course will consist in a writing and revision workshop of primary legal texts such as judgments and verdicts, administrative acts and contracts)

Students willing to attend the course should enrol in the Moodle platform

Assessment is oral. Students are required to discuss a written report on the subject indicated in the seminar and to answer questions on the lectures’ programme, proving that they can use different language registers and different ways of legal discourse. They should also show organisational ability, critical reasoning, synthesis and concision when needed: in sum, that they are aware of and participating in the effort jurists have to do to make their writing effective and intelligible to every audience, direct and indirect. Incredible to write (and to read): the exam is supposed to ascertain if students have studied, and therefore learned, the course’s programme and teachings.

A text, written or spoken, has to be not only grammatically correct, but also correctly argued, with contents logically exposed. The workshop aims to arouse in the law student cultural awareness in the use of the language, in order to develop a concise and effective but also flexible arguing, both in written and oral language. It has to prove clear for all recipients. Six lessons will be held in class (also with on line avalaibility): the first three lessons will discuss lessical and sinctactic topics and cases; the fourth will concern the revision of judgment and administrative acts, public notice and communication. On the fifth lesson individual and group assigments, consisting in the linguistic analysis and rewriting of acts, will be defined; to be discussed on the sixth lesson. A forum on Moodle platform will consent to stimulate discussion on a new and more effective and friendly style in writing, also considering recent events and requests such as Covid self declaration required to leave home for special necessities during lockdown.