1、法律英语课程教学大纲课程类别：专业选修课程授课对象：法学专业开课学期：第1学期学 分：3学分主讲教师：桂萍指定教材：何家弘，法律英语（第四版），法律出版社，2008年。教学目的：通过本课程的学习，从原汁原味的法律英语角度去了解、体会英美法的基本法律制度、法律职业和法律教育背景、司法系统构成及其常用而重要的各部门法知识，涵盖宪法、行政法、刑法、合同法、侵权法、财产法、公司法、保险法、商法、税法、环境保护法、家庭法、知识产权法、WTO、民诉法、刑诉法等学科领域，积累法律英语词汇并了解其特点和词源、辨其异同，掌握法律英语的常用基本句型，学会阅读英美案例，为今后从事法律翻译（英汉互译）和常用的法律文书
2、的英文撰写奠定基础。课程内容：Ch.1 Random Remarks on Legal English Learning1. Teaching ContentsOpening Speech2. Main PointsI. Why do you select the subject?Motives and PurposesII. Three Ps for Learning English-Patience, Perseverance and PracticeIII. Which is more important ?English or Mode of Legal ThinkingIV. Gen
3、eral Contents or Aspects in Legal English StudiesV. How to Study Legal English?Ch.2 1A: Lesson 1: Legal System 1. Teaching Contents- Introduction to the Legal System in the US2. Main PointsI. Features and CharacteristicsII. Common Law thereafter/thereby/therefrom/therein/thereafter/thereinafter/ther
4、einbefore/thereon/thereof/therewith;whereas/whereby/wherein/whereon.II. Model Verbs in legal English Translationshall/must/should/may/will/may notCh.8 4A: Lesson 4: Judicial System1. Teaching Contentsoverview of judicial system in the US2. Main pointsI. CourtsII. JudgesCh.9 4B: How to Deal With Numb
5、er week/weekend; month/calendar month/year; as ofVII. Case reading on ambiguities of time statement :US v. LockeCh.10 5A: Lesson 5: Constitution1. Teaching Contentsbrief introduction to the Constitution of the US2. Main PointsI. The Constitution as Supreme LawII. The Principles of GovernmentIII. Pro
6、visions for AmendmentsCh.11 5B: How to Read a Case?1. Teaching Contentsunderstanding the basic skills and contents of case reading2. Main PointsI. Why should we read cases?II. Reports and Structures of CasesIII. The typical structure of a caseIRACCh.12 6A: Lesson 6: Administrative Law1. Teaching Con
7、tentsintroduction to the administrative law in the US2. Main PointsI. Agency Action and Administrative LawII. Paradigms and ModelsCh.13 6B: Case Briefing1. Teaching Contentsunderstanding the importance, elements, types and skills of case briefing2. Main PointsI. the importance of case briefsII. case
8、 briefs for researchIII. case briefs for class Ch.14 7A: Lesson 7: Criminal Law1. Teaching Contentsintroduction to the crime of homicide2. Main PointsI. MurderII. ManslaughterIII. Federal Homicide LawIV. Modern Murder-Manslaughter LegislationV. Capital PunishmentCh.15 7B: Neutral Analysisthe Office
9、Memorandum of Law1. Teaching Contentslearn to properly write an office memo2. Main PointsI. introduction to legal memoII. general procedures for writing a memoIII. the characteristics of office memoIV. the structure of an office memoV. samplesCh.16 8A: Lesson 8: Civil Rights Law1. Teaching Contentsu
10、nderstanding civil rights law in the US2. Main PointsI. background knowledgeII. case reading: Walker v. IRSCh.17 9A: Lesson 9: Contract Law1. Teaching Contentsintroduction to US contract law2. Main PointsI. Contract and Contract LawII. Authority of Contract LawCh.18 Final Exam各章课时分配表章序号 章内容 学时数Ch.1
11、Random Remarks on Legal English Learning 3Ch.2 Legal System 3Ch.3 The Main Features of Legal English 3Ch.4 Legal Profession 3Ch.5 Typical English Sentence Structure (Conjunctions)in legal English Translation3Ch.6 Legal Education 3Ch.7 Old-fashioned Adverbs and Model Verbs in Legal Document 3Ch.8 Jud
12、icial System 3Ch.9 How to Deal With Number and Time in Legal Documents? 3Ch.10 Constitution 3Ch.11 How to read a case? 3Ch.12 Administrative Law 3Ch.13 Case Briefings 3Ch.14 Criminal Law 3Ch.15 Neutral Analysisthe Office Memo 3Ch.16 Civil Rights Law 3Ch.17 Contract Law 3Ch.18 Final Exam 3总 计 54参考书目M
13、ark E.Wojcik, An Introduction to Legal English, International Law Institute, 2001.何家弘，法律英语，法律出版社，2008年Rupert Haigh, Legal English, Cavendish Publishing, 2004.William R. McKay, Legal English, Longman Publishing Group (January 2005).Bryan A. Garner, Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text with Exercise
14、s (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing), University Of Chicago Press (June 24, 2001).Debra Suzette Lee , Charles Hall , Marsha Hurley, American Legal English: Using Language in Legal Contexts (Michigan Series in English for Academic Student edition (August 1, 1999).Amy Krois-Lindner and Translegal, International Legal English Students Book with Audio CDs: A Course for Classroom or Self-Study Use (Jul 17, 2006).桂萍2011年9月1日
