美国法律制度.PPT

 Legal English 《法律英语——美国法律制度》 (September 6,2010—November2, 2010)  Four questions before class 1, How will we study the course of legal English? 2,What will we learn from this course? 3. What are the difficulties in studying legal English? 4,What are the requirements of this course?  Question one: How will we study the course of Legal English? Ways of teaching and studying: a. This course will be taught bilingually in Chinese and English. b. not only the grammar, the tense, the glossary, but also the culture of common law, the legal tradition of American law and the institution of it, or the spirit and essence of American law. c. case study (case method)/ lecture method d. legal movie/TV play appreciation: Tokyo Trial, Legally Blonde, Law and Order  Question two:What will we learn from this course? The content is as follow:( altogether 8 chapters) Please see your textbook. (3 parts) a. Text b. Exercises: Dictation and Discussion/Simulation/Legal Writing, etc. c. Supplementary Reading ( not compulsory)  Question Three: What are the difficulties in studying legal English? A. (1)法律英语专业术语众多，有自身独特的含义/且用语正式。 action: 诉讼 consideration: 对价、约因 minor： 未成年 major： 成年 party： 当事人 instrument： 法律文件 Approach the bench. ——Come over here. He is a bench. ——He has become a judge. commence ——start/begin civil death ——deprivation of political rights (剥夺政治权利终身）  A.(2)外来语较多，尤其是拉丁语和法语 alibi 不在犯罪现场 bona fide 善意 stare decisis 遵循先例 jus cogens 强行法 法语： voir dire 诚实审查 trespass侵害  B. Legal System:不了解英美法制度和背景,需要系统学习英美法律制度。 e.g. lawyer solicitor (英国初级律师/非出庭律师） barrister（英国高级律师/ 出庭律师） information ( 检察官起诉书，公诉书） indictment (大陪审团起诉书，公诉书） complaint （民事起诉状，或刑事自诉状）  Question Four:What are the requirements of this course? Preview the text which will be taught in the next class: look up new words in dictionary listen to the reading of the text understand long sentences catch the theme o