Mar 29, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 [Archived Catalog]

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ENG 3290 - Rhetoric and Law


Rhetoric and law were interdependent in Ancient Greece. This course introduces students to rhetorical concepts and appeals that remain critical to the practice of American law as they arise out of western rhetorical history. Legal concepts from other cultures will provide further context. The course will also introduce rhetorical analytical methods for understanding the textual features of law and policy through concepts such as stasis theory, audience, appeals, and common ground. Assignments might include rhetorical analyses of legal documents, presentation of legal cases, analyzing an important legal decision, analyzing the impact of particular laws on issues of race, class, gender, orientation or disability. Students will study written rhetorical and textual features of legal genres.

Requisites: Tier I English
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Demostrate familiarity with rhetorical concepts and appeals that shape law and practices of the law.
  • Explain some ways in which law constitutes society through language.
  • To demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between rhetoric and law.
  • To practice rhetorical and analytical skills necessary for understanding written conventions of legal documents.
  • Use rhetorical and analytic skills necessary to critique theories of law and legal decisions.
  • Write critically about the law.



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