Adjudication
Although the finer rules of each tournament differ, for example in the World
Debates, Points of Interjection (POIs) are allowed, the adjudication itself is often
fairly similar between tournaments. I've enclosed here the set of guidelines for
Adjudicators at the 4th Asian Intervarsity Debating Championships, 1997. The
source document is originally in hard-copy, but I OCRed it on my scanner. Given
the capabilities of these programs and machines, it's fairly unlikely that too many
errors will exist in the document. In any event, If you're not perfectly sure of
some point, do get back to me.

The set of guidelines were prepared from reference to the Australian Debating
Handbook and the Handbook for Adjudicators, Monash 1995.
1. Introduction
2. Assessing
Matter

3. Assessing
Method

4. Assessing
Manner

5. Other Issues
6. Marking Scale
7. Conclusion


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