English for Law. With Genre-based Approaches to ESP

Online materials: Audio – Video ________________________________________ English for Law 2018 is the revised and streamlined edition of the previous one (2016). It is an intermediate and above-level English legal language source reference for non-native under/postgraduate students of Law, International Relations, Economics and Political Science as well as for legal practitioners who need to be able to understand and use the essential legal concepts and terms in the principal areas of English law. The four theoretical Chapters, explaining how the particular concepts of law operate in clear, concise language and self-explanatory visual format, are complemented by Worksheets in which students find a variety of language and task-based exercises designed to test their ability to use legal English knowledge and skills in real contexts and practice. This book includes three Appendixes, which provide additional reference information in support of the main material within the book and introduce students to genre-based approaches to English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in a clear language. The book links to online audio and video resources to enable students to extend their knowledge and is suitable for both classroom and self-study use. ABOUT THE AUTHOR G. Tessuto is Professor of English Language and Translation at the Department of Law (Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli), where he is also Director of the Centre for Research in Language and Law (CRILL). He also teaches in the Department of Law (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II), and the Department of Medicine (Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli). Besides memberships of several academic and professional associations, including the CLAVIER research unit (Milan), he is editorial board member of various international English linguistics journals and chief editor of the Legal Discourse and Communication international series (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK). His research interests lie in text and (critical) discourse analysis of academic, professional and institutional genres in legal contexts, translation/interpreting, ESP/EAP, combining corpus-linguistics. His areas of interests extend to language and discourse of healthcare and medicine, including analyses of different Web-mediated genres. His published academic work comprises research monographs and several publications appearing as research papers, book chapters, co-edited volumes and book reviews.