法律专业外语课程教学大纲

《法律专业外语》课程教学大纲

一、《法律专业外语》课程说明

（一）课程代码：02130016

（二）课程英文名称：Legal English

（三）开课对象：法学专业

（四）课程性质：

本课程是法学专业必选学科选修课程之一，一般在大学三年级开设。法学专业本科学生通过两年的大学英语的学习，已掌握了普通英语的基本语汇、语汇和句型，为法律专业英语的学习打下了良好的基础。法律专业英语课程的开设一方面为学生继续学习英语提供了良好的机会，另一方面也能使学生运用英语来表达自己所学的法律专业知识，从而为他们将来直接运用英语获得本专业的最新信息奠定基础。其前导课程有综合英语、基本法律课程等。

在课程类别中属于专业教育课程、专业必修课。

（五）教学目的：

通过这门课的教学与学习，将使学生了解和掌握法律英语的阅读与写作方法，并从众多节选于国外名著名篇中的课文里，了解国外尤其是英美法系国家里的法律制度，并培养学生运用已学的英语知识和相关法律原理来分析、处理和解决实际案例的能力。

（六）教学内容：

本课程要求学生，首先必须熟知相关的法律知识，即英美法律制度，然后通过教师对某些课文的讲解和学生自身根据教师提问对某些课文的阅读，掌握相关法律词汇，包括法律英语中基本词汇，以及学生已熟悉，但在法律语境下，与日常用义大相径庭的词汇；掌握法律英语中长句的理解和翻译，从而熟悉和掌握法律英语的特点。

（七）学时数、学分数及学时数具体分配

学时数： 48学时

分数： 3学分

（八）教学方式

教学方式以课堂教学为主。

（九）考核方式和成绩记载说明

考核方式为考查。严格考核学生出勤情况，达到学籍管理规定的旷课量取消考试资格。综合成绩根据平时成绩和期末成绩评定，平时成绩占40% ，期末成绩占60% 。

二、讲授大纲与各章的基本要求

Lesson One：Legal System法律制度

教学要点：

Pre-reading tasks

1.What legal systems do you know about? Can you say something about them?

2.What is Russia’s legal system? And The Scandinavian countries’?

Comprehension of the text: Answer the following questions

1.How did civil-law system come into being?

2.What countries does the civil-law family have influence on?

3.What counties does the common law system have influence on?

4.What is the characteristic of the civil-law family?

5.What is the doctrine of common law?

6.Does the development of a country have a close relationship with the country’s law?

What is the difference between the civil-law family and the common law system?

教学时数：2 学时

教学内容：

Legal systems

Clusters/families/groups of legal systems

Civil-law family

Common law system

Common law differs from civil law

考核要求：

Students will be able to:

1. know something about the two big legal systems, their differences and also will know that

every society has a legal system ;

2. master some related legal terms;

3. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the

unit.

Lesson Two：Legal Profession法律职业

教学要点：

The personnel of the prosecutorial system in the US include both federal prosecutors and local prosecutors. In addition, assistant prosecutors at both the federal level and the local level are the most important part of the prosecutorial profession.

The basic qualification for a prosecutor in the United States is that he or she must be a member of the bar in that jurisdiction. In other words,all the prosecuting attorneys,including federal attorneys and local attorneys,the chief of a prosecutor’s office and the assistants,should have had a law degree and passed the Bar Examination in the jurisdiction.

教学时数：2 学时

教学内容：

The training of attorneys and the practice of law have evolved over time in the United States. Today American lawyers practice in a variety of settings and circumstances.

Government Attorneys in the Judicial Process：1.Federal Prosecutors. 2.Prosecutors at the State Level. 3.Public Defenders.4.Other Government Lawyers. 5.The U.S. Department of Justice.6.U.S. Solicitor General. 7.State Attorneys General.

Private Lawyers in the Judicial Process Assigned Defense Counsel. Private Defense Counsel.

The Courtroom Workgroup

Legal Services for the Poor

考核要求：

1. How many types of lawyers are there in America? What are they?

2. What kind of lawyer do you want to be?(If you are a lawyer)What kind of work do you do ?

3.What roles do lawyers play in society? Which of them is the most important in your view?

4. If a lawyer knows much about law but very little about anything else,will he be a good

lawyer.

Lesson Three：Legal Education法律教育

教学要点：

legal education: an overview

Today, in nearly all states, completion of a degree program at an accredited law school is required for admission to practice as a lawyer. It normally takes three years of full time work to receive a law degree. Unlike the case in nearly all other countries of the world this required degree program must follow a basic four year college or university degree. In the United States there are 175