Common Law Legal English and Grammar
A Contextual Approach
$167.07
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
25 June 2014
Summary
Lord Denning, an influential but controversial English judge, stated that ‘Words are the lawyer’s tools of trade’. This course book reflects that conviction as it focuses on words, the language of the law - legal terms, expressions, and grammar - introduced systematically with relevant aspects of the law, and examined in context through analytical reading activities based on original legal texts selected for their interest and importance in different branches of the common law system.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849465762 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849465762 |
| Author: | Alison Riley, Patricia Sours |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Hart Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 25 June 2014 |
| Weight: | 776g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 154mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
The book provides the reader with a vast and thorough analysis of the legal language; however, we should not be discouraged by the 503 pages of the book, since the authors use plain English and clearly explain the features of the legal jargon.… definitely the title to remember for those interested in not only learning legal English terminology but also understanding the usage of the legal terms of art in context. The authors teach the readers legal terminology but also equip them with legal knowledge. They use brilliant and memorable examples to illustrate the use of language, selecting them from the history of common law but also literature and news satisfying in this way the tastes of both lawyers are linguists.I will strongly recommend the book to my colleagues - legal English practitioners - as well as my most ambitious and linguistically advanced law students.
– Aleksandra Luczak, Kozminski University * *About The Author
Alison Riley
Alison Riley is Lecturer in Legal English at the University of Ferrara. Patricia Sours is Lecturer in Legal English at the University of Padua.
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