《法律英语》课程教学大纲.pdfVIP

《法律英语》教学大纲 课程中文名称：法律英语 课程英文名称: Legal English 课程号：108010482 课程属性：专业必修课 开课学期：春 总学时：32 学时（课堂授课学时：32 学时；实验学时：0 学时） 学分：2 先修课程：学术英语（一）（二）及通用文化课程 面向对象：全校学生 开课院/部 (室/所)：外国语学院/大学英语教研室 一、课程教学目标： 本课程是面向全校学生开设的通识选修必修课程。 本课程的教学目标是：使学生能够在特定的语境中，1、准确掌握法律英语专业词汇； 2、熟悉运用法律文书中常用语言；3、知晓法律英语的语言特点；4、同时系统了解美国国 家法律的概况、特征；5、提高阅读和理解法律文书的能力，进行案例学习。以期提高学生 学习和研究国外法律资料的能力。 二、课程教学内容与学习目标 理论教学：32 学时 知识单元 1：UNIT 1 THE LEGAL SYSTEM 参考学时：4 学时 学习内容： Reading: Bodies of law 1 Read the excerpts below from the course catalogue of a British university’s summer-school programme in law and answer these questions. 1 Who is each course intended for? 2 Which course deals with common law? 3 Which course studies the history of European law? 4 Which body of law, civil law or common law, is the basis of the legal system of your jurisdiction? Types of laws The word law refers generally to legal documents which set forth rules governing a particular kind of activity. 6 Find words in Exercise 5 which match these definitions. Consult the glossary if necessary. 1 rules issued by a government agency to carry out the intent of the law; authorised by a statute, and generally providing more detail on a subject than the statute 2 law enacted by a town, city or county government 3 draft document before it is made into law 4 legal device used by the European Union to establish policies at the European level to be incorporated into the laws of the Member States 5 formal written law enacted by a legislative body Speaking 1: Explaining what a law says There are several ways to refer to what a law says. Look at the following sentences: The law stipulates that corporations must have three governing bodies. The law provides that a witness must be present. Thepatent law specifies that the subject matter must be ‘useful’. These verbs can also be us