CityU GE 2123

City University of Hong Kong
GE2123 - Language as Evidence in Court Trials - 言语证据与法庭

This course introduces a linguistic perspective to forensic investigation of crimes and trials: the analysis of language materials as evidence. No legal knowledge presupposed, it intends to take students on a journey to see language experts find answers to questions like how speech and text left by suspects and/or victims may help solve a crime, and how translation and interpretation of materials  ...