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LING170 Language and the Law
Updated: 01 June 2009| Credit Points | 6 | |||||||||
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| Online level | Level D - Comp/internet essential | |||||||||
| Intensive School(s) | None | |||||||||
| Supervised Exam | There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled. | |||||||||
| Pre-requisites | None | |||||||||
| Co-requisites | None | |||||||||
| Restrictions | None | |||||||||
| Notes | None | |||||||||
| Combined Units | None | |||||||||
| Coordinator(s) | Cindy Schneider (cindy.schneider@une.edu.au) | |||||||||
| Unit Description |
This unit examines important ways in which language and linguistics (the scientific study of language) is relevant to law and to the workings of the legal system. These include forensic applications of linguistics in speaker and author identification, the dynamics of language use in court and police interviews, the nature of legal language, meaning interpretation in the legal process, sociolinguistic disadvantage before the law, and translating and interpreting in legal contexts, including trials, police interviews and native title hearings. The unit is supported by a variety of online tools including online assessment. Web access is essential. |
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| Prescribed Material Mandatory |
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Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material
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| Disclaimer | Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |