授業の目的 【日本語】
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授業の目的 【英語】
Goals of the Course | | The goal of this course is to introduce students to the basic skills necessary to compose persuasive legal arguments. Legal writing is a skill quite different from both day to day writing (of emails, letters, and so forth) and also academic writing (of essays) that students often encounter. It is a skill that legal practitioners need to use and refine on a regular basis.
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到達目標 【日本語】
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到達目標 【英語】
Objectives of the Course | | The main objective of the course is to teach students how to write legal arguments that are persuasive. This separates it from academic writing where the goal is to write in an objective way - lawyers are biased in favor of their clients and engage in writing as a form of advocacy on their behalf.
We do so by learning how to compose legal documents that lawyers use to construct arguments and analysis of the law - pleadings, memorandum, briefs and similar documents.
At the end of the course students will be able to:
Correctly structure written legal arguments in the context of pleadings, memorandum and briefs.
Apply legal rules to fact situations in written arguments
Compose legal arguments based on analogies.
Know how to explain the meaning of legal rules in written arguments.
Know how to compose policy and other types of supplemental legal arguments.
Understand the key elements of legal writing necessary to be persuasive.
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授業の内容や構成
Course Content / Plan | | 1. Introduction/ course overview
2. Principles of legal writing
3. Structuring legal arguments
4. Drafting arguments (in class project)
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履修条件・関連する科目
Course Prerequisites and Related Courses | | | While there are no formal course prerequisites this course is primarily intended for students in law who have some basic familiarity with the law. Students from other disciplines are welcome but may find some elements of the course difficult. |
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成績評価の方法と基準
Course Evaluation Method and Criteria | | Wiritten assignments and in class projects: 90%
Class participation: 10%
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教科書・テキスト
Textbook | | | Materials will be distributed on TACT |
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参考書
Reference Book | | |
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課外学習等（授業時間外学習の指示）
Study Load(Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours) | | | Students are encouraged to work on their legal writing assignments both inside and outside of class. |
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注意事項
Notice for Students | | |
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授業開講形態等
Lecture format, etc. | | | Course will be conducted in person. |
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遠隔授業（オンデマンド型）で行う場合の追加措置
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