Legal English (Second Edition)

Author: Liu Yi, Qu Wensheng
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features:
- 23 original and diverse textbook selections
- 23 supplementary readings with natural and fluent translations
- 9 classic and practical English case studies with reading methods
- 1,000 detailed and accurate annotations for textbook content.
This book includes 23 selected texts. The content covers the concept of law, classification of law, development of law, major legal systems in the world, major legal schools, 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, and more, aiming to provide readers with a basic understanding of the legal systems in common law countries. All the texts are selected from the works of renowned legal scholars in common law countries, with fresh and appropriately challenging content, accurate and detailed annotations.
Each lesson in this book includes the following sections:
(1) Legal maxims and quotes from legal scholars;
(2) Main text;
(3) Text annotations;
(4) Supplementary background knowledge;
(5) Comprehension exercises for the text.
Additionally, the book includes the following appendices:
(1) How to read English case studies;
(2) Selected classic case studies;
(3) Basic knowledge of the WTO;
(4) The 1979 UK Sale of Goods Act (English-Chinese);
(5) Legal vocabulary for court trials and names of participants in court proceedings;
(6) Index of vocabulary in this book;
(7) References.
Compared to the previous edition, this version has the following changes:
(1) Added a vocabulary table to the appendices;
(2) Expanded annotations in each lesson, with a roughly equal proportion of annotations added;
(3) Replaced or supplemented some main text content, making the connections between lessons tighter and the knowledge points in each lesson more comprehensive;
(4) Added supplementary reading translations, replacing some original supplementary materials with newer content;
(5) Adjusted the order of some lessons and combined certain lessons;
(6) Corrected some printing errors and shortcomings in the previous edition;
(7) Revised the content of the appendices, added annotations for case studies, and shortened some case studies.