Legal English Reading (Comprehensive Law)

Author: Chen Zhongcheng
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: Table of Contents:
1. Education in the Law (Legal Education) (2)
2. Law and Morality (6)
3. The Nature and Functions of Law (12)
4. Rights and Duties (18)
5. Some Preliminary Definitions (26)
6. Technological Revolution and Law (34)
7. Modern Legal Education (42)
8. Law and Linguistics (50)
9. Family of Socialist Laws (56)
10. Our Legal System (60)
11. Res Judicata and Stare Decisis (66)
12. The Common Law (70)
13. Equity (74)
14. Case Method (78)
15. Advantages and Drawbacks of Case Law (84)
16. No Freedom is Absolute (90)
17. Legislative, Executive, Judicial Power (98)
18. Two Types of Juries (104)
19. Judges (112)
20. Delegated Legislation (118)
21. General Rules of Interpretation (126)
22. An American Tragedy (134)
23. Criminal Law (142)
24. Legality in Penal Law (150)
25. Crimes and Criminal Responsibilities (156)
26. Penalties (166)
27. The Mental Element of a Crime (172)
28. How Much Self-Defence Is Legal (180)
29. Capital Punishment (190)
30. Offences Against Public Morality (198)
31. Corporal Punishment in U.S. Schools (206)
32. The Lawyer in Society (214)
33. Selection of a Lawyer (218)
34. The American Bar (222)
35. The English Legal Profession (228)
36. Code of Professional Responsibility (236)
37. Dispute Resolution and Lawyers in Cuba (242)
38. Law Careers in New Zealand (250)
39. Administrative Law (258)
40. Japanese Administrative Litigation Law (264)
41. An Overview of the Correctional Process (270)
42. Civil Cases (276)
43. Arbitration (286)
44. Hong Kong Arbitration (Amendment) Ordinance 1982 (312)
45. The Major International Arbitral Systems and Their Prospects for Use in Chinese Trade (322)
46. Settlement of International Economic Disputes with a Chinese Party (332)
47. International Law (342)
48. Air and Space (352)
Appendix: Author Biography (356)
Author's Main Translated and Authored Works (357)