随着我国法制建设的不断完善与改革开放的不断深入，法律英语课越来越受到我国高校的重视。尤其是设有外语系或是法律系的综合类院校。法律英语课程有越来越细化的发展趋势。

《法律英语报刊选读》是了解国际国内法律文化的重要窗口，同时也是学习和掌握现代法律英语的理想资料。法律英语报刊题材广泛，内容新颖，贴近现代法律脉搏。开设法律英语外刊课对于培养应用型、复合型法律人才与外语人才十分有益。该书采用了宏观的文化意义范畴上的分类法，着重点对法律文化这一宏观层面上的法律范畴与法律案件作了介绍。它不仅是一本探讨法律文化的书籍同时也是学习法律英语的书籍，除了适合作为高等院校法律系、英语系学生的法律英语教材，也可供副修法律、外交、国际贸易、国际金融等专业的本科学习者学习法律和英语之用。本教程还可作为律师以及立法、司法等部门的公务员作为提高专业和英语水平的教材。

第一单元 司法体系

 Lesson 1 New York Lawyer Is Arrested in Toronto

 Lesson 2 Prosecution Rests in R. Kelly Child-porn Trial

 Lesson 3 Wiretap Trial Sheds Light on Lawyers' Work with Private Eyes

 Lesson 4 California Supreme Court Ruling Makes It Easier for Prisoners to Win Parole

 Lesson 5 Judicial Races Much Too Vital to Bypass in the Voting Booth

 Lesson 6 American Judges

第二单元 司法理念

 Lesson 7 Lexington. Land of the Free?

 Lesson 8 A Defeat for Judicial Reform

 Lesson 9 Supreme Court Affirms Suspects' Right to Keep Silent

 Lesson 10 When Human Rights Extend to Nonhumans

 Lesson 11 Courtroom Powder Incidents

 Lesson 12 O.J. Simpson, Once Acquitted of Murder, Now on Trial for Robbery and Kidnapping

第三单元 婚姻家庭

 Lesson 13 "Jewish Clause" Divides a Family

 Lesson 14 Adult Children, Aging Parents and the Law

 Lesson 15 Madonna, Ritchie Granted Divorce

 Lesson 16 Costly Custody Feud

 Lesson 17 FBI: Couple Offered Sex with 5-year-old for Used Car

 Lesson 18 Child Neglect Charges

 Lesson 19 Putative Father

第四单元 企业经济

 Lesson 20 Litigation

  Lesson 21 Think Film and Chairman David Bergstein Face Allegations of Unpaid Bills

  Lesson 22 Culver Knocks Agriprocessors, Company Answers back

  Lesson 23 Countrywide Financial Corp

  Lesson 24 Mich. Court OKs Ban on Credit Scoring in Insurance

第五单元 军事国防

  Lesson 25 FBI Saw Threat of Mortgage Crisis

  Lesson 26 Two Marines Refuse to Testify in Ex-comrade's Case

  Lesson 27 Bush Signs off on Army's 1st Execution in Decades

  Lesson 28 U.S. Judge Approves First Trial of a Guantanamo Bay Detainee

  Lesson 29 U.S. Psychologists Debate Role in Military Interrogations

  Lesson 30 Guantanamo

第六单元 医患、枪支管理

 Lesson 31 Legislative Malpractice

 Lesson 32 Judge Hears Arguments over Wis. Medical Fund

 Lesson 33 Federal Court Upholds Drug Privacy Law

 Lesson 34 Police Taser Guns

 Lesson 35 Gun Control- The Supreme Court Opens Fire

第七单元 死刑犯、少数群体利益

 Lesson 36 Gay Marriage: The Guys Next Door

 Lesson 37 Gay Marriage Foes Mobilize for Ban in California

 Lesson 38 No Fatal Mistakes

 Lesson 39 Pardoned Illinois Death Row Inmate Is Investigated for Same Crime

 Lesson 40 Death Penalty

 Lesson 41 A Dream Deferred?

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