Legal English

Author: Liu Yi Gong
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features:
- 23 original and diverse course texts
- 23 supplementary readings with authentic and fluent translations
- 9 English case studies with case reading methods
- 1,000 detailed and accurate annotations for the course texts.
This book selects and compiles 23 course texts. The content includes the concept of law, classification of law, development of law, major legal systems in the world, major schools of legal thought, sources of law, legal education, legal professions, court systems and jury systems, constitution, administrative law, criminal law, tort law, contract law, intellectual property law, property law, family law, etc., aiming to provide readers with a basic understanding of the legal systems of common law countries. All course texts are selected from renowned works of legal scholars in common law countries, featuring original content, moderate difficulty, and accurate, detailed annotations. Each lesson in this book includes the following sections:
(1) Legal maxims and quotes from legal scholars;
(2) Main text of the lesson;
(3) Lesson annotations;
(4) Supplementary background knowledge;
(5) Lesson comprehension exercises.
At the end of the book, the following content is also included:
(1) How to read English case studies;
(2) Selection of classic case studies;
(3) Basic knowledge of the WTO;
(4) The 1979 UK Sale of Goods Act (English-Chinese);
(5) Court trial vocabulary and names of participants in court proceedings;
(6) Index of vocabulary in this book;
(7) References.
Compared to the edition, this book has the following changes:
(1) A vocabulary list has been added to the appendix;
(2) Annotations have been added to each lesson, with a roughly equal proportion of annotations;
(3) Some main texts have been replaced or supplemented, making the connections between lessons tighter and the knowledge points of each lesson more comprehensive;
(4) Supplementary reading translations have been added, replacing some of the original supplementary readings. The newly added materials are more up-to-date;
(5) The order of some lessons has been adjusted, and some lessons have been combined;
(6) Some printing errors and shortcomings in the edition have been corrected;
(7) The content of the appendix has been adjusted, with annotations added to case studies, while some case studies have been shortened.