This course aims to provide students with the essential concepts and terminology in commercial law, which will help them in learning other courses related to legal operation of business and writing legal documents. It helps students develop a conceptual structure which serves as the foundation for their studies of legal writing by enabling them to acquire a host of essential specialist terms.
This book is the first study to truly delve into the language of Law School to reveal the complexities of how this process takes place. Mertz argues that moving away from moral frameworks represents an underlying worldview at the core not just of law education, but for better or worse, of the entire US legal system - which, while providing a useful source of legitimacy and a means to process conflict, fails to deal systematically with aspects of fairness and social justice. The latter part of her study shows how differences in race and gender makeup among law students and professors can subtly alter this process.
This book slices through the thicket of legalese, explaining where it comes from, why lawyers continue to cling to it, and why it doesn’t have to be an inevitable feature of our legal system. Part One begins by discussing the history of legal English. Part Two focuses on whether and to what extent legal English differs from ordinary language. Part Three focuses on the versatility of legal language in the courtroom. Part Four discusses efforts to make the instructions that judges give to juries at the end of a trial more comprehensible.
This is a handbook that focuses on English for legal communication. The book commences with an introduction to the English language which provides insights into the development of legal English, the difficulties of the language and the key differences between British and American usage. The first section focuses on writing clear and accurate legal documents and letters in English. The second section covers the key situations in which legal and business professionals use oral communication. The third section focuses on the language used in international business contracts. The book concludes with glossaries that explain the meaning of different kinds of words and phrases often found in legal and business English.
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