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法 律 英 语 Legal English阎愚：nkyan@mail.nankai.edu.cn 点名：肯定会点，另行通知 作业：期中一次，课堂开卷翻译一段 考试：尚未决定 开卷+不给范围 闭卷+给范围 成绩：作业成绩20%；考试成绩80% Lesson 1： Basics of Legal English Legal English is the style of English used by lawyers and other legal professionals in the course of their work. Because law is everywhere, the language of the law is everywhere, too. 辨析：lawyer； attorney； counsel 常用词汇：legal professionals; term; accessible Lesson 1： Basics of Legal English Law must contain technical terms, but “technical” does not have to equal to “incomprehensible”. In a democratic society, law belongs not to the lawyers but to the people, and ordinary people need to be able to understand the law. That is the purpose of this course: to make the language of the law accessible to the layperson and the beginning student of the law. Lesson 1： Basics of Legal English How to learn legal English? 1 Do not be discouraged if you are having difficulties – you are being challenged and you can rise to meet that challenge. Do remember, American law students often encounter similar difficulties as they begin their studies: many words that were once familiar are no longer so in the context of specific legal documents. 常用词汇：encounter；in the context of Lesson 1： Basics of Legal English 2 When you encounter an unfamiliar legal term or phrase, you should make is a habit to look up that word not only in a bilingual dictionary but also in a good, English language law dictionary. You must do this because many words that appear to be familiar will have very different meanings in law. For example, the word “policy” has two different basic meanings. Lesson 1： Basics of Legal English The useful dictionaries: 1 The Oxford Companion to Law 法律出版社 定价260元 Lesson 1： Basics of Legal English 2 English–Chinese Dictionary of Anglo-American Law 法律出版社 定价:380元 Lesson 1： Basics of Legal English 3 Black’s Law Dictionary West Publishing Co. 定价：约80美元 Lesson 1： Basics of Legal Eng