法律英语

UNIT 1 THE LEGAL SYSTEM

Reading： Bodies of law

Types of laws

Speaking 1 ： Explaining what a law says

Types of courts

Speaking 2： Civil court systems.

Persons in court

Listening： Documents in court

Writing： Paraphrasing in plain language

Language Focus

Legal Latin

Translation Skills

Repetition

UNIT 2 LEGAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSION

Reading： Legal education —— a call to the Bar

A lawyers curriculum vitae

Listening 1： Law firm structure

Listening 2： Practice areas

Speaking and Writing： Describing a law firm and its practice areas

Language Focus

Translation Skills

Omission

UNIT 3 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Reading： Introduction to constitutional law.

Key terms： Principles of the constitutional law

Text analysis： The 13 enduring constitutional issues

Listening： The Bill of Rights

Speaking： Public speaking skills

Writing： Writing a classroom constitution

Language Focus

Translation Skills

Addition

UNIT 4 COMPANY LAW： Company Formation and Management

Reading 1 ： Introduction to company law

Key terms： Roles in company management

Listening： Company formation

Speaking： Informal presentation —— a type of company

Reading 2： Corporate governance

Text analysis： A letter of advice

Writing： A letter of advice

Language Focus

Translation Skills

Translation of words （1）

UNIT 5 COMPANY LAW： Capitalisation

Reading 1 ： Introduction to company capitalisation

Key terms： Shares

Listening： A rights issue

Reading 2： Shareholders and supervisory boards

Understanding legalese

Speaking： Paraphrasing and expressing opinions

Writing： Summarising

Language Focus

Translation Skills

Translation of words （2）

UNIT 6 COMPANY LAW： Fundamental Changes in a Company

Reading 1 ： Introduction to changes in companies

Key terms： Opposing concepts in company law

Listening： Explaining legal aspects of an acquisition

Text analysis： Beginning a presentation

Reading 2： Spin-offs

Speaking： Presenting a spin-off

Writing： Standard phrases for opening and closing letters and emails

Language Focus

Case Study

The facts of the case

Task 1： Speaking.

Task 2： Writing

Translation Skills

Conversion of word classes

UNIT 7 CONTRACT LAW： Contract Formation

Reading 1 ： Introduction to contract formation

Key terms： Defenses to contract formation

Text analysis： Understanding contracts

Listening： Contract negotiation

Speaking： Negotiating expressions

Writing： An informative memo

Language Focus

Translation Skills

Translation of the passive

UNIT 8 CONTRACT LAW： Remedies

Reading 1 ： Introduction to contract remedies

Key terms： Types of damages

Listening： Remedies

Speaking： Initial interview with a client

Writing： Follow-up correspondence to a client

Language Focus

Translation Skills

Translation of adjective clauses （1）

UNIT 9 CONTRACT LAW： Assignment and Third-Party Rights

Reading 1 ： Introduction to contract assignation

Key terms： Contracts

Speaking： Explaining third-party rights

Listening： Preparing a lawsuit and developing an argument

Reading 2： A closing argument

Text analysis： Persuasive writing and speaking

Writing： Memo giving advice

Language Focus

Case Study

The facts of the case

Task 1： Speaking

Task 2： Writing

Translation Skills

Translation of adjective clauses （2）

UNIT 10 EMPLOYMENT LAW

Reading 1 ： Introduction to employment law

Key terms： Employment

Listening 1 ： An employment tribunal claim

Writing 1 ： Attachments and formality

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Keys

Listening Transcripts

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