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This is the web journal for the University of Wyoming course, COJO 4150: Legal Communication. Here we will post lecture notes, links to relevant articles, and commentary about rhetorical theory and its application to legal communication.
The syllabus for the course can be found here on the COJO department syllabi page.
The readings for the first two weeks include the following:
Aristotle's Rhetoric (alternate site here)
This commentary on Aristotle is very helpful.
Introduction to rhetorical theory and criticism:
What is Rhetoric?
General Rhetorical Strategies
Content and Form
The Rhetorical Situation
Legal Rhetoric
My next post will be a version of last Thursday's lecture notes.
The syllabus for the course can be found here on the COJO department syllabi page.
The readings for the first two weeks include the following:
Aristotle's Rhetoric (alternate site here)
This commentary on Aristotle is very helpful.
Introduction to rhetorical theory and criticism:
What is Rhetoric?
General Rhetorical Strategies
Content and Form
The Rhetorical Situation
Legal Rhetoric
My next post will be a version of last Thursday's lecture notes.
posted by Matt J Stannard at 8:20 PM
5 Comments:
Mark:
Very good comments about emotions and their role in motivating human action.
My interpretation of Aristotle is that Ethos (credibility), Pathos (emotions), and Logos (logic) are all equally important in a good speaker. Is there a passage in _The Rhetoric_ that you might think indicates otherwise?
Matt
Since it is impossible to know all we must use rhetoric in order to gain information. A good example is a parent drilling their child about what they did the previous night in order to gain more info. IF we were all knowing this kind of persuasion would not be necessary.
Ed Dreyer
I would like to respond to one of the questions posted on our blog site relating to whether it is possible for a jury to report a verdict with certainty. My reply would be no. This is becaise we are not and will never be all knowing. If we were there would be no need for rhetorical speech in a courtroom we would simply know the verdict.
Ed Dreyer
Does truth triumph over untruth? In most cases I believe truth does triumph over untruth. When you lie you always have to be aware of the lie you made creating more problems down the road that could have been avoide if you had just told the truth in the first place. If you do get caught in a lie you then wreck your credibility or logos in the future.
Ed Dreyer
Do you think lawyers have a negative image in the minds of many because they are suppose to interpet the law but they often interpet the law in a way that allows guilty people to go free. I know these actions affect how I view lawyers
Ed Dreyer
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