本课程的主要特点是突出法律英语的基础知识和对因法律语言而产生的案例分析，同时还围绕现当代法学理念和英美法系与大陆法系的差异对一些法律语言问题展开一些列讨论，对主题内容的学习进行及时有效的补充和扩展。
Part1:Introduction
Chapter1:IntroductiontoLanguageandtheLaw
Chapter1:IntroductiontoLanguageandtheLaw单元测验
Chapter1:IntroductiontoLanguageandtheLaw单元作业
Part2:Origins
Chapter2:Celts,Anglo-Saxons,andDanes
Chapter2:Celts,Anglo-Saxons,andDanes单元测验
Chapter2:Celts,Anglo-Saxons,andDanes单元作业
Chapter3:TheNormanConquestandtheRiseofFrench
Chapter3:TheNormanConquestandtheRiseofFrench单元作业
Chapter3:TheNormanConquestandtheRiseofFrench单元测验
Chapter4:TheResurgenceofEnglish
Chapter4:TheResurgenceofEnglish单元测验
Chapter4:TheResurgenceofEnglish单元作业
Part3:TheNatureofLegalLanguage
Chapter5:TalkingLikeaLawyer
Chapter5:TalkingLikeaLawyer单元测验
Chapter6:TheQuestforPrecision
Chapter6:TheQuestforPrecision单元测验
Chapter6:TheQuestforPrecision单元作业
Chapter7:TheLegalLexicon
Chapter7:TheLegalLexicon单元测验
Chapter7:TheLegalLexicon单元作业
Chapter8:InterpretationandMeaning
Chapter8:InterpretationandMeaning单元测验
Chapter8:InterpretationandMeaning单元作业
Chapter9:Variation
Chapter9:Variation单元测验
Chapter9:Variation单元作业
Part4:IntheCourtroom
Chapter10:Pleadings:ConstructingtheLegalNarrative
Chapter10:Pleadings:ConstructingtheLegalNarrative单元测验
Chapter11:TestimonyandTruth
Chapter11:TestimonyandTruth单元测验
Chapter11:TestimonyandTruth单元作业
Chapter12:CompletingtheStory
Chapter12:CompletingtheStory单元测验
Chapter12:CompletingtheStory单元作业
Part5:ReformingtheLanguageoftheLaw
Chapter13:WhatMakesLegalLanguageDifficulttoUnderstand
Chapter13:WhatMakesLegalLanguageDifficulttoUnderstand单元测验
Chapter13:WhatMakesLegalLanguageDifficulttoUnderstand单元作业