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USC Catalogue 2024-2025 
    
USC Catalogue 2024-2025

LING 412 Language and Law

Units: 4
Terms Offered: Sp
Linguistic principles which bear on the interpretation of government statutes and the litigation of legal disputes. Speech act theory; ambiguity; courtroom discourse; contracts and advertisements; jury instructions; the Plain Language Movement.
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter