Legal English communication skills

Preface and acknowledgements

Module 1 WRITING SKILLS
Introduction
1. Characteristics of Professional Written Discourse
2. The Writing Process
3. Appendix

Module II VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES
Introduction
1. Vocabulary Acquisition Strategies
2. Lexical Variation

Module III LEGAL ENGLISH EXPLORED IN TEXTS ON ASPECTS OF THE (ENGLISH) LEGAL SYSTEM
1. State Powers and Legislation
2. The Judicial System and Case Law
3. The Criminal Justice System versus the Civil Justice System
4. Contract Law
5. Intellectual Property Law
6. Employment Law
7. International Law and Human Rights

Module IV GRAMMAR REVIEW
1. Tenses
2. Relative Clauses
3. The Passive
4. Modal Auxiliaries
5. The Conditional
6. Subjunctive
7. Complex Noun Phrases
8. Adjective versus Adverb

Glossary: key legal terminology found in Module III
Answer key
Works consulted