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语表达。通过从浩瀚的法律文书中精选出具相当语言难度的文章，引导学习者关注语义的完整性和准确性，学习地道的专业表达方式，培养分辨细微语义差别的能力。每章课后的练习皆针对A、B两篇课文而作。包括术语释义多项选择、术语定义搭配、难句翻译和常用词汇或片语造句。

UNIT 1 GET A TASTE OF LEGAL READING= MEDIA REPORTS

Article 1 Milberg Weiss Indictments?

Vocabulary

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

Vocabulary

Text B Ingredients of a Crime Mens Rea

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Exercises

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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Exercises

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

Vocabulary

Exercises

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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Exercises

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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