L’objectif de ce mini-dictionnaire bilingue est d’enseigner aux débutants en anglais juridique le vocabulaire de base le plus important de l’anglais juridique (et de l’anglais des affaires).
General Legal English
TOP-RATED LEGAL BLOGS FOR BOTH AVOCATS AND JURISTES
Blog name: “The American Bar Association Journal Blog: (taken from an online review): “Curates content from over 4,000 legal blogs and offers original content written by expert lawyers.”
Book Title: “A Practical Guide to English for Law”
Author: Szabó László Publisher: Premier Press, 2018. 1,038 pages Subjects covered: Part 1 of this book covers English grammar for Legal English. Parts 2 and 3 contain a range of legal and non-legal terms in sentence templates and in real-world context. Why this book is interesting: Spectacular detail, an incredible number of sample sentences and […]
Book Title: “Principles of French Law”
Authors: John Bell, Sophie Boyron and Simon Whittaker Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2007. 543 pages. Subjects covered: The French Legal System, The Law (Public Law and Private Law) Why this book is interesting: In my opinion this is the best book in English for those who wish to understand/to be able to explain the French […]
Book Title: “Dictionnaire de terminologie juridique”
Author: Frederic Houbert, a recognized French to English and English to French translation expert. Publisher: La Maison du Dictionnaire (year: 2015, 332 pages) Subjects covered: This is an English to French dictionary. In the author’s own words: “il s’agit en effet d’un dictionnaire pratique et d’un ouvrage à visée encyclopedique.” It covers many different legal […]
Book Title: “Dictionary of Legal English”
Author: Frederic-Jerome Pansier Publisher: La Maison du Dictionnaire (year: 2013. 225 pages) Subjects covered: “Un lexique raisonné de l’anglais juridique”. Anglais-Français (surtout)/Français-Anglais (aussi) Why this book is interesting: Unlike most dictionaries, this one does not simply give a list of translations that the user must choose from among: les traductions proposés sont justifiées, expliquées et […]
Book Title: “Legal English”
Author: Rupert Haigh. The author graduated from Cambridge, qualified as a solicitor and has been involved in training legal professionals since 2002. Publisher: Routledge (year: 2018, 5th edition. 365 pages) Subjects covered: Part 1 (Written English): Grammar for legal writing, punctuation for legal writing, sentence structure, Legal writing standards (dates, numbers, citations and headings), Terminology […]
Book Title: “Practical English Language Skills for Lawyers”
Authors: Natasha Costello and Louise Kulbicki (Disclosure: Louise is a member of my Legal English team). Natasha and Louise are highly experienced Legal English teachers. Publisher: Routledge (year: 2023). 355 pages Subjects covered: networking and client meetings, to telephone and conference calls, contract drafting and contract negotiations, presentations and social media. Why this book is […]