Comparative Law for Spanish-English Speaking Lawyers: Legal Cultures, Legal Terms and Legal Practices

ISBN-13: 9781849807869 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 720 str.

S. I. Strong;Katia Fach Gomez;Laura Carballo Pineiro

Opis

Comparative Law for Spanish-English Speaking Lawyers (Derecho comparado para abogados anglo-e hispanoparlantes) provides lawyers and law students who are conversationally fluent in both Spanish and English with the information and skills needed to undertake comparative legal research in their second language, and facilitate communication with colleagues and clients in that language. Key features include: * fully Spanish-English bilingual * enables lawyers to develop the broad practical skills critical to success in today's increasingly international legal market * covers a variety of substantive and procedural areas of law and includes information on legal and business practices in a number of English- and Spanish-speaking jurisdictions * contextualizes information about foreign legal systems and develops readers' linguistic and legal skills through both immersion and instruction. Suitable for use by both individuals and groups, helping practitioners, academics and law students at any stage of their professional development, this book is perfect for anyone who wishes to move from conversational fluency in a second language to legal fluency.