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You will understand how the choice of verb in advocacy subtly assigns or diffuses responsibility before the substance of an argument is even read.
Understand how nominalisation transforms verbs into abstract nouns and passive constructions obscure agency, permitting advocates and judges to process culpability indirectly and defer moral accountability in legal writing.
Learn how the choice of noun, epithet and category for parties and events predetermines judicial perception before your legal argument even begins.