Legal English 法律英语

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And the American record Comprehensive 复杂 Immense 繁多
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Record of the colonial era 殖民时代的记载 Record of the Nation since 1776 国家从1776年开始的记载 Record of the present fifty States 当前50个州的记载 The intricate network of relationships between States and Nation 各州与联邦之间错综复杂关系的记载
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2.We need lawyers who have law knowledge and English capacity. WTO Economic Development
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பைடு நூலகம்
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ⅱcharacteristics of Legal English
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Content of Learning





1.General knowledge 2.Text 3.Reading 4.Cases and writing 5.Video
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Lesson one
Legal system of the USA
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The whole of its history belongs in the period since the invention of the printing press. 美国历史是印刷发明以后的历史。
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The whole of its history is recorded
The Period of the English Colonies
The Revolutionary War in America (1775-1783)
The Period of the United States
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Characteristics
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It is a new nation
Compared with many other countries 与其他国家相比


it is constantly being renewed by the addition of new elements of population and of new States 不断有新的人口成分和新州的加入
herein，hereunder，hereafter， thereto，whereby，wherein，etc.
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6. A great deal of legal terminology , jargon and cliches。 Such as，burden of proof（举证责 任），cause of action（案由）， letters patent（专利证书）， negotiable instrument（流通票据）， reasonable doubt（合理的怀疑）.
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ⅠGeneral Introduction ⅰ.Why Learning ? 1. We learn common law and we learn its
legal English.


Three Legal System（三大法系） 1) Romano-Germanic civil law tradition(大陆法 系) 2) Anglo-American common tradition(英美法系) 3) Socialist tradition(社会主义法系) Common law system is quite important in the world, we learn foreign law which mainly means common law,
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It is old



It is the oldest of the "new" nations — the first one to be made out of an Old World colony. 第一个从旧大陆殖民地脱胎而出的国家 the oldest written constitution the oldest continuous federal system the oldest practice of self-government


1.Precise. Not random as ordinary English.For example, different preposition means differently.Legal disputes often arise from it. Thus it’s formal, rigorous, more clauses or attributive adjuncts , and thus the sentence longer, obscure and difficult to translate.
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3.A large number of loanwords,mainly Latin For example,de facto（事实上的）， in re（关于），inter alia（除了别的 因素以外；特别），alibi（不在犯罪现 场），bona fide（真正的，真诚的）， quasi（好像；准），per se（自身）， ad hoc（专门的；专门地），etc.

for events such as those that are lost in the legendary past of Italy or France or England are part of the printed record of the United States

那些在意大利、法国或英国过去的 传说中湮没的那些事件，是美国有 文字记载历史的一部分。

Common law legal system 普通法系
Decentralization
Stare decisis
Case law
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Text——Part One

The United States is at once a very new nation a very old nation 既年轻又古老的国家

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4.Ordinary words with special meaning. For example,action（诉讼），avoid （取消），consideration（对价）， execute（签署），prejudice（损 害），save（除了，除……外）， serve（送达），said（上述，该）， minor（未成年）或major（已成年）， instrument（法律文件）.etc.
Legal English
Presented by Fan Jiaoyan, Law school, Three Gorges University
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Part I Course Introduction
1.What is Legal English? 2.How can we study? 3.Reading list and resources
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1) 何家弘：《法律英语》，法律出版 社，2008年版 2) 何主宇：《最新法律专业英语》北 京:机械工业出版社 3) 曾令良：法律英语，武汉大学出版 社，2007年版 4) Dicey & Morris on Conflict of Laws(13th edition) 5) English essays
Background

Two periods of legal history:
On May 14, 1607, the Virginia Company explorers landed on Jamestown Island to establish the Virginia English colony
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2.网络版: /lawdictionaries.h tm /cases/20002009/2007/ Dictionaries.



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7.Intentionally vague language， mainly for courtesy and respect. Yours majiesty,ect.
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Ⅱ.What can we learn from this
course?



1.General Knowledge( Background knowledge ) w( Civil Law, International Law, procedure law) 3.Practice
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ⅢReading list
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Suggested Law Dictionaries
1.美国最权威、发行量最大的由West Publishing Company (西部出版公司) 出版的《布莱克法律字典》(B lack ’s L aw D ictiona ry ) ,另外比较好的是 《牛津法律辞典》。
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2.Formal,stiff, rare. Anglo-American law was formed in the middle ages. Before-prior，but-provided that， after-sequent，tell-advise，begin or start-commence，use-employ， according to-in accordance with， show-demonstrate， Others terms as equity、tort、 tenants in common
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I-1.What is Legal English?


Legal English is a kind of language which is used by lawyers, judges and jurists; It's a special kind of language which is even called foreign language of English,for including certain vocabularies, terms and certain expression.
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5.Ancient English and Medium age English are used。 Largely employed here, there and where combined with preprositon,such as hereafter，
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The reports of the United States Supreme Court fill 350 volumes The reports of some States are almost equally voluminous.