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Legal English
Legal English Vocabulary and Terminology
Importance and Analysis
[Thecnical language (law therms)
Includes verbs, adjectives, adverbs innlegal discourse
Examine terminology in real legal context
Use a specialized law dictionaries (e.g Oxford, dictionary of law)
General VS legal terms
Terms not necessarily technical meaning (e.g. 'will')
'Will' definition: legal document distributing state after death(also testament)
Legal terms in Shakespeare's will
Terms still used today( e.g. I give and bequeath)
Bequeath applies to personal property
'my last will and testament'
Legal terminology examples
Act of Parliament: statue enacted by UK's Les Latour
Bill: proposal of law presented to Parliament
Royal Assent: final step turning will into act
Claim: demand for remedy to Civic court
Damage(singular): loss/ harm suffer
Damages( plural): monetary compensation
Doctrine: jurisprudential role from series of decisions( rule)
Equity: special area supplementing common law for justice
Finding: conclusion/determination of effect or law by Judge/jury
The role and power of Language in Law
Importance of Command of Language
Cultivating language essential for legal success
Choose words well for contracts (Lord Denning)
Client's future may depend on words used
Course Purpose
Language as a vehicle for rules, content, orders
Performative role of language
Peculiarity of legal english VS other languages
Tools to manage and use Legal English in different contexts
Provide fisrt legal vocabulary for different fields
Function of Lagal Text
Producing legal effects
Role of language is performative
"Shall" imposes obligation/grants power ( no future sense )
Legal text types and functions
Different types
Statue
Treaty
EU directive
UN convention
Contract
Judgment
Law books
Classification by communicative function
Type 2: producing legal effects(also informative)
Judgments
Type 3: descriptive(informative, scholarly)
Descriptively girl texts
Type 1: imposing obligation, or conferring, right
Treaties
Contracts
Legislative act