Small Claims Court - An Argumentative Instructional Alternative

• NCJ Number: 90130
• Author(s): S P O'Rourke
• Date Published: 1981
• Length: 40 pages
• Sale Source: Eric Document Reproduction Service
• Publication Type: Instructional Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Speech Communication Association, San Jose, Calif., February 14-16, 1981.

Annotation

This paper explores the small claims court as an alternative forum for the instruction of argumentation and suggests a possible format of a course utilizing such a concept.

Abstract

The first section of the paper offers a short history of the small claims court. The second section contains a course syllabus outlining the format of an argumentation course built around the small claims system. The third section is an analysis of the application of certain aspects of argumentation theory in the small claims setting. Examples of assignments and review questions are appended. (Resources in Education (ERIC) abstract)