英语和教学,是我热爱的专业。在中山大学攻读学士和硕士时,学的是英语语言文学。绕过大半个地球到美国求学、工作,攻读的专业是哲学和教育学,之后在美国的大学任教的是英语阅读和写作。回国后,教学仍是工作的主旋律,但“正式”回归教育系统,却是2003年的事。新的起点是北京大学深圳研究生院,而我的任务是讲授研究生公共英语课。
几个学期,感叹于北大法学院硕士研究生们勤奋和聪颖的同时,很快意识到公共英语教学面临的挑战:学生们的实际语言应用能力普遍欠缺;英语学习动力不足。这促使我对“研究生公共英语”教学进行反思,并得出这样的结论:如果能设计一门英语课,专门针对学生们的实际需求和语言应用能力,问题不就迎刃而解了吗?确立这一指导思想后,法律专业英语方向,就成了我的自然选择。
本书一共八章,每章分别含A、B两篇课文,扣同一主题,并无主次之分。较短的篇章适合全文精读,较长课文的前半部分适于精读,其余部分可用作泛读。如此精、泛结合,既助于深究词义和表达方法,又助于广泛接触同类语料、吸收正确和地道的语言,增加日后表达的准确性和实际应用能力。这本教材的突出特点就是能帮助学习者在短时间内轻松地掌握大量专业词汇和术

UNIT 1 GET A TASTE OF LEGAL READING= MEDIA REPORTS
Article 1 Milberg Weiss Indictments?
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Article 2 The Milberg Weiss Indictment
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Article 3 Trial of Class-Action Law Firm Is Set for 2008
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Article 4 The Milberg Weiss Indictment
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Article 5 Underlines the Tangled History of Defamation
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UNIT 2 LEGAL CONCEPTS= THEORETICAL DISCUSSION
Text A Punishment
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Text B Ingredients of a Crime Mens Rea
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UNIT 3 COURT RECORDS. WATCHING LAWYERS AT WORK
Text A Closing Argument
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Text B Closing Argument (Resumed)
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UNIT 4 OPINION OF THE COURT: MIRANDA WARNING
Text A Miranda Warnings
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Text B A dissenting Opinion
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UNIT 5 COURT OPINIONS: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Text A Marbury v. Madison
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Text B The 200th Anniversary of Marbury v. Madison. The Reasons We Should Still Care About the Decision, and The Lingering Questions It Left Behind
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UNIT 6 PROCEDURES MANUAL. GUIDELINE FOR LAWYERS AND JUDGES
Text A Magistrate and Metropolitan Court Benchbook Of the State of New Mexico(Excerpts)
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Text B Samples of Motions
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UNIT 7 PRECEDENCE. PRESIDENT'S IMMUNITY
Text A US Supreme Court
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Text B Sample of Court Syllabus Us Supreme Court
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UNIT 8 SAMPLE CLAIM AND DEFENCE, CONTRACT DISPUTES
Text A Statement of Claim
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Text B Defence and Counerclaim
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