法律英语证书(Legal English
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Unit 1Introduction to Legal Reading Skills
1?The Specific Skills of Legal Reading
2?The Structure of a Judicial Opinion
3?Frequently Used Legal Terms in Opinions
4?Speed and Comprehension
Unit 2Administrative Law
STATE EMPLOYEES? RETIREMENT SYSTEM v?INDUSTRIAL
ACCIDENT COMMISSION ET AL?
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX REL?GEORGE EXARCHOU v?JOHN L?
MURFF,DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION
AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK
Unit 3Antitrust Law
UNITED STATES v?SEALY,INC?
KIEFER—STEWART CO?v?JOSEPH E?SEAGRAM &SONS,INC?,ET AL?
Unit 4Banking and Finance Law
CHATSKY AND ASSOCIATES ET AL?v?THE SUPERIOR
COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY;BANK OF AMERICA CORP?,
REAL PARTY IN INTEREST?
THE CITIZENS BANK v?ALAFABCO,INC?,ET AL?
Unit 5Civil Procedure
AUSLEY v?BISHOP
CALDER ET AL?v?JONES
Unit 6Constitutional Law
BROWN v?BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA
BOOS ET AL?v?BARRY,MAYOR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
ET AL?
CHAFIN v. CHAFIN
Unit 7Contract Law
LEFKOWITZ v?GREAT MINNEAPOLIS SURPLUS STORE,INC?
JOSEPH FRASER v?DONALD D?EDMISTEN
Unit 8Corporation Law
DEWITT TRUCK BROKER,INC?v?W?RAY FLEMMING
FRUIT COMPANY AND W?REY FLEMMING
ANDREW H?SCHNELL v?CHRIS—CRAFT INDUSTRIES,INC?
Unit 9Criminal Law
THE PEOPLE &C?v?KEITH ANTWINE
THE PEOPLE &C?v?JAMES BYRNE
Unit 10Criminal Procedure
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v?JOSE O?ORTEGA—SANTANA
RICHARD J?TAYLOR,JR?v?UNITED STATES?
Unit 11Employment Law
ALFREDO AVILES v?CORNELL FORGE COMPANY
A Coursebook on Legal Reading in English
ContentsAMANDA BENT BOLT COMPANY,AMANDA,OHIOA v?INTERNATIONAL
UNION,UNITED AUTOMOBILE,AEROSPACE,AGRICULTURAL
IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA,LOCAL 1549,ET AT?
Unit 12Environmental Law
CITIZENS TO PRESERVE OVERTON PARK v?VOLPE
KEY TRONIC CORPORATION,A WASHINGTON CORPORATION v?UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA;UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE;
DONALD B?RICE,SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE,
IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY
Unit 13Evidence Law
UNITED STATES v?MANUEL P?AMARAL
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v?MARIA CHRISTINA HURTADO
AND AUGUSTINE ARAGONES,JR?
Unit 14Family Law
ZABLOCKI v?REDHAIL
S?W?v?THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY
Unit 15Intellectual Property Law
HENRI?S FOOD PRODUCTS CO?INC?v?TASTY SNACKS,INC?
PIONEER HI?BRED INTERNATIONAL,INC?v?J?E?M?AG SUPPLY,
INC?,FARM ADVANTAGE,INC?,LARRY BENZ,MERLE PRUETT,
KEVIN WOLFSWINKEL,TIM KAMSTRA,AND TOM EISCHEN SEED
AND CHEMICALS
Unit 16Property Law
DOROTHY MOORE AND KENT REINHARDT v?RUBY F?PHILLIPS,
AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ADA CHLOE BRANNAN,
DECEASED
LEECO GAS &OIL COMPANY v?COUNTY OF NUECES?
Unit 17Torts
JEFFREY J?HARPER v?THEODOR H?HERMAN
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS—PAN AMERICAN v?TONY
AGUILAR AND KAY MARIE AGUILAR
BIG TOWN NURSING HOME,INC?v?HOWARD TERRY NEWMAN
Appendix IKey to Exercises
Appendix II本书部分法律术语
Appendix III常用拉丁语法律词汇()

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