内容简介
本书以法律推理为核心，以英语为语言工具，法学专业知识和文书写作技巧并重，在吸收英美法律文书写作推理内容的基础上融合涉外法律实务技能的培训，同时结合中国学生在法律英语学习中反馈的问题进行设计编排。本书旨在通过系统训练提高法学专业学生的综合素质与交流能力，可供相关专业院校和培训机构在法律英语教学阶段参考使用。
目录
Contents
Chapter 1 Understanding Law
Section 1 What Is Law
Section 2 Legal Rules
Section 3 Law and Policy
Section 4 Classification of Law
Chapter 2 Legal System
Section 1 Legal System in General
Section 2 Types of Court
Section 3 Persons and Documents in Court
Section 4 Legal Latin
Section 5 A Career in the Law
Chapter 3 Sources of Law
Section 1 Understanding Sources of Law
Section 2 Primary and Secondary Sources of Law
Section 3 Legislation in General
Section 4 The Hierarchy of Laws in the US
Section 5 The Hierarchy of Laws in China
Chapter 4 Citation and Research
Section 1 Developing Information and Research Skills
Section 2 Citators
Section 3 How to Find a Case
Section 4 Overview of the Research Process
Chapter 5 Case Briefs and Analysis
Section 1 Case Briefs in General
Section 2 Case Briefing Process
Section 3 Precedent and Stare Decisis
Section 4 Judicial Opinions
Chapter 6 Legal Rule Analysis
Section 1 Elements of Rules
Section 2 Developing a Rule from Multiple Sources
Chapter 7 Common Law Analysis
Section 1 Legal Reasoning Process
Section 2 Identifying and Selecting Issues for Analysis
Section 3 The Method of Common Law Analysis
Section 4 Statutory Analysis
Chapter 8 Dispute Resolution-Litigation
Section 1 Definition of Litigation
Section 2 General Introduction of Chinese Civil Procedure System
Section 3 The Sources of the Civil Procedure Law
Chapter 9 Dispute Resolution-Arbitration
Section 1 Definition from Law Dictionaries
Section 2 International Conventions
Section 3 Commentary/Explanation Report
Section 4 Sample Clause on Arbitration
Section 5 Chinese Arbitration Law
Chapter 10 Dispute Resolution-Mediation
Section 1 Definition of Mediation
Section 2 International Convention
Section 3 Commentary/ Explanation Report
Section 4 Sample Clauses on Mediation
Section 5 Chinese Mediation Law
Chapter 11 Writing Basics
Section 1 Writing Process
Section 2 Clear Writing and Editing
Section 3 Punctuation
Chapter 12 Legal Writing in General
Section 1 Organization
Section 2 Describe the Law
Section 3 Explaining the Analysis
Section 4 Signposting
Section 5 Drafting the Discussion
Section 6 IRAC Method
Section 7 Revising and Editing
Chapter 13 Correspondence
Section 1 Components of a Letter
Section 2 Communication Tone
Section 3 Types of Letters
Chapter 14 Writing in Legal Practice
Section 1 The Office Memorandum
Section 2 Brief
Chapter 15 Contract Drafting in General
Section 1 Overview of a Good Contract
Section 2 Draft Skills
Section 3 Preparation Before Drafting a Contract
Section 4 Structure and Common Types of Contracts
Chapter 16 General Contract Clauses
Section 1 Cover
Section 2 Commencement, Whereas and Transition
Section 3 Definition, Interpretation and Validity
Section 4 Assignment, Indemnification and Warranty
Section 5 Rescission and Termination Clause
Section 6 Default Clauses
Section 7 Dispute Settlement Clause
Section 8 Force Majeure Clause
Section 9 Miscellaneous
Chapter 17 Special Contract Clauses
Section 1 Confidentiality Clause
Section 2 Insurance Clause
Section 3 Anti-Competition Clause
Section 4 Risk and Title Passing Clause
Section 5 Standard Terms
Appendix Legal Vocabulary
Section 1 Common Latin Words
Section 2 Common Legal Terms in Case Reading
Section 3 Common Terms in Contract Drafting
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