《法律英语》PDF下载

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  • 作  者:胡光全主编
  • 出 版 社:郑州:郑州大学出版社
  • 出版年份:2010
  • ISBN:9787564502799
  • 页数:298 页
图书介绍:法律英语是指法律界通用的书面英语(包括法律、法规、条例、规章、协定、判决和裁定等),尤其是指律师起草法律文件(合同、章程、协议和契约等)惯常使用的语言。当前法律英语教材汗牛充栋,学生们往往不知道该如何选择,使得这一晦涩难懂的语言更让人难以接受。本教材的目的是将英美法,尤其是美国法的核心内容全面介绍给国内学界,主要用于满足涉外法律教学的迫切需要。

Introduction 1

Chapter One The Different Features of Legal English 3

Unit 1 Overview of Legal English Vocabulary 5

Typical Features of Legal English Vocabulary 5

The Common Prefix and Suffix of Legal English 12

Unit 2 Overview of Legal English Sentence 14

Characteristics of the Syntactic Structure of Legal English 14

Typical Legal English Sentence Translation 18

Chapter Two Introduction to American Legal System 25

Unit 1 Legal Systems 27

Text:Legal Systems 27

Supplementary Reading:Civil Law System 31

Unit 2 Legal Education 34

Text:American Legal Education 34

Supplementary Reading:Legal Education in the U.S 38

Unit 3 Legal Profession 44

Text:American Legal Profession 44

Supplementary Reading:Judges 49

Unit 4 Constitution Ⅰ 51

Text:The Contents of American Constitution 51

Supplementary Reading:The Amendments 64

Unit 5 Constitution Ⅱ 74

Text:The Theories of American Constitution 74

Supplementary Reading:British Constitution 81

Unit 6 Court System 87

Text:American Court System 87

Supplementary Reading:British Court System 92

Unit 7 Jury System 95

Text:Jury System 95

Supplementary Reading:The Supreme Court of the United States 100

Unit 8 Administrative Law 104

Text:American Administrative Law 104

Supplementary Reading:Administrative Law 112

Unit 9 Civil Law 116

Text:Copyright Law 116

Supplementary Reading:Civil Rights Act of 1964 121

Unit 10 Contract Law 144

Text:Contract Law 144

Supplementary Reading:Real Property Law 151

Unit 11 Criminal Law 161

Text:American Criminal Law 161

Supplementary Reading:American Criminal Procedure Law 167

Chapter Three Case Studies 175

Unit 1 Case Study Methods 177

How to Understand English Case 177

How to Brief a Case 179

Case Terms Abbreviated 184

Unit 2 Typical Case Studies 189

Case 1 Marbury v.Madison(1803) 189

Case 2 Brown v.Board of Education(1954) 199

Case 3 Miranda v.Arizona(1966) 206

Case 4 Gibbons v.Ogden(1824) 212

Case 5 United States v.Nixon(1974) 234

Case 6 World-wide Volkswagen Corp.v.Woodson(1980) 239

Case 7 Pennoyer v.Neff(1877) 248

Case 8 Milliken v.Meyer(1940) 262

Case 9 International Shoe Co.v.State of Washington(1945) 267

Case 10 United States et al.v.Locke et al.(1985) 276

Appendix Moot Court 293

References 297