English for Lawyers and Law Students

With a Short Introduction to the US Legal System

Astrid Tangl

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Astrid Tangl, English for Lawyers and Law Students (2014), Linde Verlag, 1210 Wien, ISBN: 9783709404669

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Beschreibung / Abstract

Since legal language can neither be taught nor understood without context, English for Lawyers and Law Students essentially serves two purposes: It provides an insight into selected issues of the US legal system and in doing so acquaints the reader with (primarily American) English legal terminology and a variety of law concepts. The books contents are selective rather than comprehensive because the focus lies on legal vocabulary rather than knowledge building. Thus, each chapter is followed by a list of related legal terms and concepts, whereby a wide range of legal terminology is defined and explained in English and not forced into a German corset. Among other issues, the book offers a valuable insight into the US trial and jury system, US legal education, the legal profession and various legal (civil and criminal) proceedings. It is a suitable reference book for law students as well as legal professionals and anyBartzone interested in US law and English legal terminology. The authors main goal is to promote and ease the readers understanding of legal terms by contextualizing them, which should enable the legally trained eye to realize the small but subtle differences between the (American) English and related German terms. In addition, the book includes a great number of legal terms and their respective translation into German.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • BEGINN
  • Titelei
  • Preface to the Third Edition
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • I. Important Differentiations
  • Civil Law versus Common Law (Legal Systems)
  • Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • Substantive Law versus Procedural Law
  • Vocabulary
  • Private Law versus Public Law
  • Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • Civil Law versus Criminal Law
  • Criminal Law Concepts
  • Civil Law Concepts
  • General Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • II. The Adversarial (Adversary) System of Trial
  • Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • III. The Actors in a Courtroom
  • Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • IV. US Court Structure
  • General System
  • State System
  • Federal System
  • Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • V. Case Citation
  • Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • VI. Briefing Cases
  • Background Information on Hopwood v. State of Texas
  • HOPWOOD et al. versus STATE OF TEXAS et al.
  • Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • VII. US Legal Education
  • General
  • Law School Admission
  • JD Program
  • Financing Legal Education
  • Law School Accreditation
  • Master†™s Degree in Law and other Postgraduate Degrees
  • Teaching Methods
  • Pro Bono Opportunities
  • Bar Exam
  • Law School Admission and Affirmative Action
  • Grutter v. Bollinger et al.
  • Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • VIII. The US Legal Profession
  • Legal Jobs
  • Stratification of the Legal Profession
  • Partnership Track
  • Billable Hours
  • Legal Ethics
  • Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • IX. The US Jury System
  • General
  • Grand Jury
  • Excuse / Exemption from Jury Duty
  • Voir Dire
  • Jury and Trial Consultants
  • Jury Deliberation
  • Jury Nullification
  • Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • X. Case Flow
  • General
  • Criminal Pre-Trial Activities
  • Civil Pre-Trial Activities
  • Trial
  • Post-Trial Procedures
  • Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • XI. Mutual Legal Assistance
  • Letters Rogatory
  • Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters
  • Extradition and Rendition
  • Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • XII. Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • General
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation
  • Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • XIII. Selected Issues
  • Property Law
  • Family Law
  • Equity
  • Contract Law
  • Tort Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • Crimes
  • Vocabulary
  • Elements of Crimes
  • Concepts
  • Asset Forfeiture
  • Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • Index Concepts
  • Vocabulary
  • Vokabular

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