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Alex Shtromberg
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The document summarizes information about the International Law Students' Society (ILSS) at the University of Eastern Finland and debating. The ILSS organizes scientific events and research activities for foreign law students to integrate them. It hosts a Joensuu Debates Club using the British debate format. Debating teaches critical thinking, public speaking, and allows students to travel and meet people. A British parliamentary debate involves prime ministers, whips, and points of information, with the government defining the motion and each side presenting arguments and counterarguments.

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THE ART OF DEBATING
WHAT IS ILSS? • The International Law Students’ Society, shortly the ILSS, is founded at the Department of Law in Joensuu at the University of Eastern Finland. • The ILSS is addressed to foreign or international students of law at the Department. • The most fundamental purpose of the ILSS is to organize scientific events, carry out the research in the law and similar areas of science and integrate a group of foreign or international students of law in Joensuu.
WHAT IS ILSS? The ILSS organizes, especially in the field of the law research, but also in similar areas of science such as economy, politics, history, sociology, philosophy, theology, culture and so on: • Joensuu Debates Club based on the British format debates idea, • seminars, • lectures, • reading groups, • another events, • official, organizational, and unofficial meetings. • The ILSS is open for everybody who wants to participate in the ILSS activity. • The ILSS is an open society also in this sense that any new forms of activity are required.
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WHY DEBATING? • Become a part of a large, welcoming social network of debaters, the easy way to make friends at university, especially for international students. • Think critically when analyzing arguments. • Learn the proper structure of arguments to improve your academic progress • Gain the ability to speak persuasively • Get the chance to travel to different tournaments, have fun at socials after day of tense debating and just meet new people.  
SPEAKERS • Prime Minister • Leader of the Opposition • Deputy Prime Minister • Deputy Leader of the Opposition • Member for the Government • Member for the Opposition • Government Whip • Opposition Whip
Opening factions The first faction on each Government and Opposition team, known as the Opening Factions, has four basic roles in a British Parliamentary debate. They must: • Define the motion of the debate. • Present their case. • Respond to arguments of the opposing first faction. • Maintain their relevance during the debate. • The Opening Government team has the semi-divine right of definition, preventing the opposition from challenging their definition of the motion unless it is either a truism or clearly unreasonable.
Closing factions The first faction on each Government and Opposition team, known as the Opening Factions, has four basic roles in a British Parliamentary debate. They must: • Define the motion of the debate. • Present their case. • Respond to arguments of the opposing first faction. • Maintain their relevance during the debate. • The Opening Government team has the semi-divine right of definition, preventing the opposition from challenging their definition of the motion unless it is either a truism or clearly unreasonable.
Second factions • The role of the second two factions are to: • Introduce a case extension. • Establish and maintain their relevance early in the debate. • Respond to the arguments of the first factions. • Respond to the case extension of the opposing second faction.
The role of whips • They must respond to both opposing factions' arguments; • They should briefly sum up their Opening Faction's case; • They should offer a conclusion of their own faction's case extension
Points of information (POI) POI allows the first two factions to maintain their relevance during the course of the debate, and the last two factions to introduce their arguments early in the debate. The first and last minute of each speech is considered "protected time", during which no points of information may be offered.
Preparation time • Brainstorm ideas • Discuss arguments with partner • Distribute arguments • Think of reaction from the opponents and invent contrarguments
THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT…=Motion Preparation time=15 mins Prime Minister Opposition Leader Model for the reform Opposing model Why status quo is bad and why Why status-quo should be we need changes? saved? Which major interests and what major actors can be 2 CONTRARGUMENTS+2 NEW affected by introducing the ARGUMENTS motion? 2 NEW ARGUMENTS
Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Opposition Leader 2 SUPPORTS (of the 2 SUPPORTS+2 arguments of Prime CONTRARGUMENTS+1 Minister)+2 NEW ARGUMENT CONTRARGUMENTS (arguments against arguments of opposing party)+1 NEW ARGUMENT
Member for the Member for the Government Opposition SUPPORT+CONTRARGUME SUPPORT+CONTRARGUME NTATION+EXTENSION NTATION+EXTENSION (argument which looks at (argument which looks at the problem from unusual the problem from unusual side of view) side of view)
Government Whip Opposition Whip Summing up the Summing up the arguments, sorting them arguments, sorting them by the points of clash by the points of clash (most provocative and (most provocative and serious issues raised in the serious issues raised in the debate, 3-4 points of clash) debate, 3-4 points of clash) and proving how the and proving how the arguments of the arguments of the government were stronger opposition were stronger THE JUDGE`s VERDICT (5-10 mins are given for judge to think before making verdict)
READ MORE http://idebate.org
• Debatabase http://idebate.org/content/about-debatabase • Main ideas about what debating is http://idebate.org/about/debate • Neill Harvey Smith. Practical guide to debating http://debate.uvm.edu/dcpdf/Neill_Harvey_Smith_Practic al_Guide_to_Debating_Worlds_Style_2011.pdf • Steven Johnson. Winning debates. A Guide to Debating in the Style of the World Universities Debating Championships http://debate.uvm.edu/dcpdf/Steven_Johnson_Winning_D ebates_2009.pdf • Short guide into debating made by one of debating societies http://aberdebating.org/wp- content/uploads/2012/05/dfn.pdf?9d7bd4

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Joensuu debates!

  • 1. THE ART OF DEBATING
  • 2. WHAT IS ILSS? • The International Law Students’ Society, shortly the ILSS, is founded at the Department of Law in Joensuu at the University of Eastern Finland. • The ILSS is addressed to foreign or international students of law at the Department. • The most fundamental purpose of the ILSS is to organize scientific events, carry out the research in the law and similar areas of science and integrate a group of foreign or international students of law in Joensuu.
  • 3. WHAT IS ILSS? The ILSS organizes, especially in the field of the law research, but also in similar areas of science such as economy, politics, history, sociology, philosophy, theology, culture and so on: • Joensuu Debates Club based on the British format debates idea, • seminars, • lectures, • reading groups, • another events, • official, organizational, and unofficial meetings. • The ILSS is open for everybody who wants to participate in the ILSS activity. • The ILSS is an open society also in this sense that any new forms of activity are required.
  • 7. ng tournament in Karelia, Russia. ber 2012 The winners
  • 10. WHY DEBATING? • Become a part of a large, welcoming social network of debaters, the easy way to make friends at university, especially for international students. • Think critically when analyzing arguments. • Learn the proper structure of arguments to improve your academic progress • Gain the ability to speak persuasively • Get the chance to travel to different tournaments, have fun at socials after day of tense debating and just meet new people.  
  • 11. SPEAKERS • Prime Minister • Leader of the Opposition • Deputy Prime Minister • Deputy Leader of the Opposition • Member for the Government • Member for the Opposition • Government Whip • Opposition Whip
  • 12. Opening factions The first faction on each Government and Opposition team, known as the Opening Factions, has four basic roles in a British Parliamentary debate. They must: • Define the motion of the debate. • Present their case. • Respond to arguments of the opposing first faction. • Maintain their relevance during the debate. • The Opening Government team has the semi-divine right of definition, preventing the opposition from challenging their definition of the motion unless it is either a truism or clearly unreasonable.
  • 13. Closing factions The first faction on each Government and Opposition team, known as the Opening Factions, has four basic roles in a British Parliamentary debate. They must: • Define the motion of the debate. • Present their case. • Respond to arguments of the opposing first faction. • Maintain their relevance during the debate. • The Opening Government team has the semi-divine right of definition, preventing the opposition from challenging their definition of the motion unless it is either a truism or clearly unreasonable.
  • 14. Second factions • The role of the second two factions are to: • Introduce a case extension. • Establish and maintain their relevance early in the debate. • Respond to the arguments of the first factions. • Respond to the case extension of the opposing second faction.
  • 15. The role of whips • They must respond to both opposing factions' arguments; • They should briefly sum up their Opening Faction's case; • They should offer a conclusion of their own faction's case extension
  • 16. Points of information (POI) POI allows the first two factions to maintain their relevance during the course of the debate, and the last two factions to introduce their arguments early in the debate. The first and last minute of each speech is considered "protected time", during which no points of information may be offered.
  • 17. Preparation time • Brainstorm ideas • Discuss arguments with partner • Distribute arguments • Think of reaction from the opponents and invent contrarguments
  • 18. THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT…=Motion Preparation time=15 mins Prime Minister Opposition Leader Model for the reform Opposing model Why status quo is bad and why Why status-quo should be we need changes? saved? Which major interests and what major actors can be 2 CONTRARGUMENTS+2 NEW affected by introducing the ARGUMENTS motion? 2 NEW ARGUMENTS
  • 19. Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Opposition Leader 2 SUPPORTS (of the 2 SUPPORTS+2 arguments of Prime CONTRARGUMENTS+1 Minister)+2 NEW ARGUMENT CONTRARGUMENTS (arguments against arguments of opposing party)+1 NEW ARGUMENT
  • 20. Member for the Member for the Government Opposition SUPPORT+CONTRARGUME SUPPORT+CONTRARGUME NTATION+EXTENSION NTATION+EXTENSION (argument which looks at (argument which looks at the problem from unusual the problem from unusual side of view) side of view)
  • 21. Government Whip Opposition Whip Summing up the Summing up the arguments, sorting them arguments, sorting them by the points of clash by the points of clash (most provocative and (most provocative and serious issues raised in the serious issues raised in the debate, 3-4 points of clash) debate, 3-4 points of clash) and proving how the and proving how the arguments of the arguments of the government were stronger opposition were stronger THE JUDGE`s VERDICT (5-10 mins are given for judge to think before making verdict)
  • 23. • Debatabase http://idebate.org/content/about-debatabase • Main ideas about what debating is http://idebate.org/about/debate • Neill Harvey Smith. Practical guide to debating http://debate.uvm.edu/dcpdf/Neill_Harvey_Smith_Practic al_Guide_to_Debating_Worlds_Style_2011.pdf • Steven Johnson. Winning debates. A Guide to Debating in the Style of the World Universities Debating Championships http://debate.uvm.edu/dcpdf/Steven_Johnson_Winning_D ebates_2009.pdf • Short guide into debating made by one of debating societies http://aberdebating.org/wp- content/uploads/2012/05/dfn.pdf?9d7bd4