Section I (20 Oct. – 3 Dec. 2014)
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Lecture Series
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Topics |
Time |
Venue |
Lecture 1. |
Introduction - legal systems
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14:30 – 16:30
20 Oct. (Monday)
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3208 |
Lecture2. |
History and the Impact of Literacy on Legal Systems
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14:30 –16:30
22 Oct. (Wednesday)
|
3208 |
Lecture 3.
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Legal Precision - Words
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9:00 – 11:00
24 Oct. (Friday)
|
3202 |
Lecture 4.
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Legal Precision - Grammar and Discourse
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14:30 – 16:30
27 Oct. (Monday)
|
3208 |
Lecture 5.
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Institutional Power and the Language of Judges
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14:30 – 16:30
29 Oct. (Wednesday)
|
3208 |
Lecture 6.
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Interaction and Power - Courts and the Police
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14:30 – 16:30
3 Nov. (Monday)
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3208 |
Lecture 7.
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The difficulty of legal language
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14:30 – 16:30
5 Nov. (Wednesday)
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3208 |
Lecture 8.
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Plain Legal Language
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9:00 – 11:00
7 Nov. (Friday)
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3202 |
Lecture 9.
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Genres and Narrative
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14:30 – 16:30
10 Nov. (Monday)
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3208 |
Lecture 10.
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Multilingualism and the Law
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14:30 – 16:30
12 Nov. (Wednesday)
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3208 |
Lecture 11.
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Courtroom Cultures and Ideologies
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9:00 – 11:00
14 Nov. (Friday)
|
3202 |
Lecture 12.
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Language and Disadvantage before the Law - the vulnerable witness; Procedural Approaches to Disadvantage
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14:30 – 16:30
17 Nov. (Monday)
|
3208 |
Lecture 13.
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Legal Interpreting and Translation, with special reference to Hong Kong
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14:00 – 16:30
19 Nov. (Wednesday)
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3208 |
Lecture 14.
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Law on Language
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9:00 – 11:00
21 Nov. (Friday)
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3202 |
Lecture 15.
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Communication Evidence 1 - Meanings, Language Crimes, Trademarks
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14:30 – 16:30
24 Nov. (Monday)
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3208 |
Lecture 16.
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Communication Evidence 2 - Attribution and Identity
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14:30 – 16:30
1 Dec. (Monday)
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3208 |
Lecture 17.
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Communication Evidence 3 - Teaching Language for Legal Contexts
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14:30 – 16:30
3 Dec. (Wednesday)
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3208 |