'International adjudication, rhetoric and storytelling' by Andrea Bianchi
Duration: 28 mins 58 secs
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The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of aggression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'International adjudication, rhetoric and storytelling', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 20th October 2017 by Andrea Bianchi, Full Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. |
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| Created: | 2017-10-30 15:02 |
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| Collection: | LCIL International Law Seminar Series MOVED |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | University of Cambridge |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Keywords: | International Law; Rhetoric; Dispute Resolution; Storytelling; Argumentation; |
| Abstract: | Legal professionals involved in dispute settlement might greatly benefit from taking a look at literature and learning more about storytelling and rhetoric. These techniques can provide legal arguments with enhanced persuasive force. Unlike in literature, storytelling in law is almost exclusively used as a way of structuring legal arguments, of making them more convincing in order to persuade whatever audience the speaker may address. Likewise, rhetorical techniques can help procure the audience’s adherence to the speaker's argumentation. A judgment (like any other piece of legal writing) will always aim at persuading the audience to which it is addressed. For any court or tribunal, it is a matter of authority, credibility and prestige. The more persuasive the judgment is, the more the authority of the judicial organ will be reinforced, and its credibility and prestige enhanced. |
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