United States Legal Language And Culture

Author : Teresa Kissane Brostoff,Teresa Brostoff,Ann Sinsheimer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199895458

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United States Legal Language and Culture by Teresa Kissane Brostoff,Teresa Brostoff,Ann Sinsheimer Pdf

In Legal English, experienced educators and professors Teresa Kissane Brostoff and Ann Sinsheimer answer the needs of law students unfamiliar with the use of English in legal settings. They introduce the student into a new world of study of the law by carefully guiding them through the vital skills and techniques they will need to feel comfortable and proficient in English-speaking and American legal culture.

Author : Teresa Brostoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1237762936

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UNITED STATES LEGAL LANGUAGE AND CULTURE by Teresa Brostoff Pdf

Author : Teresa Brostoff,Ann Sinsheimer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Culture and law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105060223596

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Legal English by Teresa Brostoff,Ann Sinsheimer Pdf

Legal English effectively communicates to students the nuances of legal language in the United States. Professors Brostoff and Sinsheimer of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law unravel the legal system and study of law by using legal English in actual problems and exercises.This book acquaints readers with the two most important skills-legal research and writing-and approaches each problem and exercise from a different legal subject area. By discussing problem-solving techniques in a wide variety of topics, this workbook successfully increases student levels in readingand understanding legal documents. The new edition features revised and updated exercises, including: new internet research skills exercises, new writing and language exercises, and an expanded appellate advocacy section.

Author : Kirk Junker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317245551

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Legal Culture in the United States: An Introduction by Kirk Junker Pdf

For law students and lawyers to successfully understand and practice law in the U.S., recognition of the wider context and culture which informs the law is essential. Simply learning the legal rules and procedures in isolation is not enough without an appreciation of the culture that produced them. This book provides the reader with an understandable introduction to the ways in which U.S. law reflects its culture and each chapter begins with questions to guide the reader, and concludes with questions for review, challenge and further understanding. Kirk W. Junker explores cultural differences, employing history, social theory, philosophy, and language as "reference frames," which are then applied to the rules and procedures of the U.S. legal system in the book’s final chapter. Through these cultural reference frames readers are provided with a set of interpretive tools to inform their understanding of the substance and institutions of the law. With a deeper understanding of this cultural context, international students will be empowered to more quickly adapt to their studies; more comprehensively understand the role of the attorney in the U.S. system; draw comparisons with their own domestic legal systems, and ultimately become more successful in their legal careers both in the U.S. and abroad.

Author : Falian Zhang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789811593475

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A Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Legal Language and Culture by Falian Zhang Pdf

This book involves a variety of aspects and levels, including the diachronic and synchronic dimensions. Law profoundly affects our daily lives, but its language and culture can at times be nearly impossible to understand. As a comparative study of Chinese and Western legal language and legal culture, this book investigates the similarities and differences of both sides and identifies their respective advantages and disadvantages. Accordingly, it considers both social and cultural functions, and both theoretical and practical values. Firstly, the book addresses the differences, that is, the basic frameworks and disparities between the Chinese and Western legal languages and legal cultures. Secondly, it explores relevant changes over time, that is, the historical evolution and the basic driving forces that were at work before the Chinese and Western legal languages and cultures “met.” Lastly, the book elaborates on their fusion, that is, the conflicts and changes in Chinese and Western legal languages and cultures in China in the modern era, as well as the introduction, transplantation and transformation of Western legal culture.

Author : Jill J. Ramsfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Law
ISBN : 0890891184

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Culture to Culture by Jill J. Ramsfield Pdf

"Indispensable to international students studying U.S. law, Culture to Culture explains the U.S. legal system's rhetorical preferences, linguistic specializations, and current conventions. Readers will be able to learn comfortably and quickly what U.S. audiences expect. The book provides students with U.S. legal tools for reading texts, analyzing problems, researching sources, organizing analytical patterns, and writing in acceptable legal styles. Covering a broad range of topics and questions, it introduces current conventions through a variety of legal texts, including letters, memos, transactional documents, briefs, exams, and scholarly papers. Culture to Culture will prepare international lawyers to be researchers and writers in both U.S. law schools and U.S. legal practices, or to return to their own countries with an analytical perspective on how U.S. lawyers research, analyze, negotiate, and write."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Kirk Junker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317245544

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Legal Culture in the United States: An Introduction by Kirk Junker Pdf

For law students and lawyers to successfully understand and practice law in the U.S., recognition of the wider context and culture which informs the law is essential. Simply learning the legal rules and procedures in isolation is not enough without an appreciation of the culture that produced them. This book provides the reader with an understandable introduction to the ways in which U.S. law reflects its culture and each chapter begins with questions to guide the reader, and concludes with questions for review, challenge and further understanding. Kirk W. Junker explores cultural differences, employing history, social theory, philosophy, and language as "reference frames," which are then applied to the rules and procedures of the U.S. legal system in the book’s final chapter. Through these cultural reference frames readers are provided with a set of interpretive tools to inform their understanding of the substance and institutions of the law. With a deeper understanding of this cultural context, international students will be empowered to more quickly adapt to their studies; more comprehensively understand the role of the attorney in the U.S. system; draw comparisons with their own domestic legal systems, and ultimately become more successful in their legal careers both in the U.S. and abroad.

Author : Susan Šarčević
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317108016

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Language and Culture in EU Law by Susan Šarčević Pdf

Written by distinguished legal and linguistic scholars and practitioners from the EU institutions, the contributions in this volume provide multidisciplinary perspectives on the vital role of language and culture as key forces shaping the dynamics of EU law. The broad spectrum of topics sheds light on major Europeanization processes at work: the gradual creation of a neutralized EU legal language with uniform concepts, for example, in the DCFR and CESL, and the emergence of a European legal culture. The main focus is on EU multilingual lawmaking, with special emphasis on problems of legal translation and term formation in the multilingual and multicultural European context, including comparative law aspects and an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of translating from a lingua franca. Of equal importance are issues relating to the multilingual interpretation of EU legislation and case law by the national courts and interpretative techniques of the CJEU, as well as the viability of the autonomy of EU legal concepts and the need for the professionalization of court interpreters Union-wide in response to Directive 2010/64/EU. Offering a good mix of theory and practice, this book is intended for scholars, practitioners and students with a special interest in the legal-linguistic aspects of EU law and their impact on old and new Member States and candidate countries as well.

Author : Eduardo Faingold
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781498571371

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Language Rights and the Law in the United States and Its Territories by Eduardo Faingold Pdf

This book analyzes the promulgation of linguistic rights in the constitutions and statutes of the United States and its territories. It addresses the demands for linguistic rights by those who do not speak English as a first language or seek to maintain the use of an indigenous language.

Author : Pixel
Publisher : libreriauniversitaria.it Edizioni
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Education
ISBN : 9788862925488

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Conference proceedings. ICT for language learning by Pixel Pdf

Author : Mary K. Stohr,Anthony Walsh
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 941 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781544375526

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Corrections by Mary K. Stohr,Anthony Walsh Pdf

Written by two academic scholars and former practitioners, Corrections: From Research, to Policy, to Practice, Second Edition offers students a 21st-century look into the treatment and rehabilitative themes that drive modern-day corrections. Authors Mary K. Stohr and Anthony Walsh expertly weave together research, policy, and practice to give readers a foundational understanding of the field of corrections. Readers will gain a comprehensive and practical understanding of corrections, as well as exposure to often-overlooked topics, including correctional programming and treatment, special problem-solving courts, and comparative corrections.

Author : Katharina Boele-Woelki,J. H. M. van Erp
Publisher : Eleven International Publishing
Page : 1057 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Comparative law
ISBN : 9789077596197

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General Reports of the XVIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law by Katharina Boele-Woelki,J. H. M. van Erp Pdf

This work contains the General Reports presented at the XVIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL), which was held in July 2006 in Utrecht. A wide variety of topics is covered in this collection, ranging from liability of judges to competition law. The book provides an interesting assessment of the development of comparative law in recent decades and shows the growing importance of comparative law in various disciplines of law.

Author : Gideon Sapir,Daphne Barak-Erez,Aharon Barak
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781782251842

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Israeli Constitutional Law in the Making by Gideon Sapir,Daphne Barak-Erez,Aharon Barak Pdf

In the domain of comparative constitutionalism, Israeli constitutional law is a fascinating case study constituted of many dilemmas. It is moving from the old British tradition of an unwritten constitution and no judicial review of legislation to fully-fledged constitutionalism endorsing judicial review and based on the text of a series of basic laws. At the same time, it is struggling with major questions of identity, in the context of Israel's constitutional vision of 'a Jewish and Democratic' state. Israeli Constitutional Law in the Making offers a comprehensive study of Israeli constitutional law in a systematic manner that moves from constitution-making to specific areas of contestation including state/religion relations, national security, social rights, as well as structural questions of judicial review. It features contributions by leading scholars of Israeli constitutional law, with comparative comments by leading scholars of constitutional law from Europe and the United States.

Author : Vijay Kumar Bhatia,Christopher Candlin,Paola Evangelisti Allori
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : English language
ISBN : 3039114700

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Language, Culture and the Law by Vijay Kumar Bhatia,Christopher Candlin,Paola Evangelisti Allori Pdf

The volume presents a set of invited papers based on analyses of legal discourse drawn from a number of international contexts where often the English language and legal culture has had to adjust to legal concepts very different from those of the English law system. Many of the papers were inspired by two major projects on legal language and inter-multiculturality: Generic Integrity in Legislative Discourse in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts based in Hong Kong and carried out by an international team and Interculturality in Domain-specific English, a national project supported by the Italian Ministry for Education and Research, involving research units from five Italian universities

Author : International Journal of Educational Reform
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475816730

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IJER Vol 22-N2 by International Journal of Educational Reform Pdf

The mission of the International Journal of Educational Reform (IJER) is to keep readers up-to-date with worldwide developments in education reform by providing scholarly information and practical analysis from recognized international authorities. As the only peer-reviewed scholarly publication that combines authors’ voices without regard for the political affiliations perspectives, or research methodologies, IJER provides readers with a balanced view of all sides of the political and educational mainstream. To this end, IJER includes, but is not limited to, inquiry based and opinion pieces on developments in such areas as policy, administration, curriculum, instruction, law, and research. IJER should thus be of interest to professional educators with decision-making roles and policymakers at all levels turn since it provides a broad-based conversation between and among policymakers, practitioners, and academicians about reform goals, objectives, and methods for success throughout the world. Readers can call on IJER to learn from an international group of reform implementers by discovering what they can do that has actually worked. IJER can also help readers to understand the pitfalls of current reforms in order to avoid making similar mistakes. Finally, it is the mission of IJER to help readers to learn about key issues in school reform from movers and shakers who help to study and shape the power base directing educational reform in the U.S. and the world.