Introduction into legal English
About the Lecture
The lecture Introduction into legal English by Tim Aghotor is from the course Legal English (EN). It contains the following chapters:
- Introduction to Legal English
- A Brief Background
- The Statute of Pleading
- Introduction to Common Law
- The Meaning of Precedence
- Common Law as Addition to Statute Law
Included Quiz Questions
Which of the following answers is correct?
- It can be said that legal english is the field of English that deals with law related issues and their communicative skills.
- Modern legal English is mainly a mixture of German and French.
- Modern legal English is mainly a mixture of Latin and Italian.
- It can be said that legal english is the field of English that deals with law related issues but not their communicative skills.
__________ is a principle or rule that a court adopts when deciding later cases with __________ issues.
- Precedence ; similar
- Civil law ; similar
- Precedence ; different
- Common law ; different
Common law is generally uncodified means …
- that there is no comprehensive compilation of legal statutes and rules.
- that there is no record of the law.
- that the law is common to all.
- that the law is very flexible.
Which of the following is not a common law country?
- Germany
- Nigeria
- USA
- Canada
- Australia
Which country is not a civil law country?
- USA
- Germany
- France
- Scotland
- Italy
What is a statute?
- It refers to laws made by Parliament.
- It refers to laws made by judges.
- It refers to the selection of law through the various cases.
- It refers to alignment of justice.
Author of lecture Introduction into legal English
Tim Aghotor
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