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Academic Year 2003/2004
Discourse and Legal Processes
ANTH 375 SP
This course is concerned with the role of language in legal processes. We begin by examining several approaches: the ethnography of law, sociolinguistic research on trials and disputes, and studies of law as ideology
and
representation. Through discourse analysis we will explore the power dynamics behind conflict resolution, especially as concerns gender, race, and class. Attention will be directed to language, conflict, and resolution
processes
on campus. A significant portion of the course will be devoted to learning methods of discourse analysis and using them to illuminate the dynamics of legal processes. Students will analyze data from court cases, media
representations
of law, and their ethnographic studies.
MAJOR READINGS
M. Foucalt, I, PIERRE RIVIERE HAVING SLAUGHTERED MY MOTHER, MY SISTER AND MY FATHER
M. Lazarus-Black and S. Hirsch, CONTESTED STATES: LAW, HEGEMONY AND RESISTANCE
S. Berk-Seligsen, THE BILINGUAL COURTROOM: COURT
INTERPRETERS IN THE JUDICIAL
PROCESS
P. Williams, THE ALCHEMY OF RACE AND RIGHTS: DIARY OF A LAW PROFESSOR
R. Wagner-Pacifici, DISCOURSE AND DESTRUCTION: THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA VERSUS MOVE
Conley and O'Barr, JUST WORDS
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two short papers, a midterm examination, weekly responses, and a final research project.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Students must have taken one previous social science course.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS ANTH
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Hirsch,Susan
- Times: ...W... 07:00PM-09:50PM; Location: FISK413
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)
- SR. major: 4 Jr. major: 4
- SR. non-major: 6 Jr. non-major: 4 SO: 2 FR: X
Special Attributes:
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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