Latest Legal English Reading and Writing Comprehensive Guidance: Practical Series Textbooks for Law Schools (1)

Author: He Zhuyu
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: Why choose this book for a preliminary attempt? It is entirely due to its outstanding qualities: In writing style, the author abandons the traditional reading comprehension approach of legal textbooks and instead focuses on highly practical legal practice; In perspective, it moves beyond the conventional method of legal English that only emphasizes articles and words, turning towards explaining English from various angles; In target audience, it rejects the idea of legal English being solely designed for legal learners, instead catering to all English learners; In terms of the author's background, he is a successful American law doctorate holder, bringing in brand-new educational concepts and ways of thinking. This book is the first systematic and comprehensive textbook in China to explain legal professional English, characterized by a combination of points and overall coverage, annotations throughout, on-the-spot demonstrations, condensed essence, and a strong focus on litigation. It is worth mentioning that this book discards the dry and empty reading comprehension of traditional legal English, instead introducing the teaching ideas and methods of American law schools. It guides readers step by step in solid learning from six aspects: legal etymology, word selection, sentence structure, rhetoric, citation notation, and punctuation. This method is perfectly applicable to any English learner. At the same time, the book combines case studies, the writing methods of foreign-related legal documents, and legal opinion letters to immerse readers in legal practice, demonstrating a close integration of theory and practice. It is particularly suitable for law school teachers and students, lawyers, legal professionals, as well as a broad range of English learners.