Essential legal English in context: understanding the vocabulary of US law and government

Abstract

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Overview of the governments in the United States -- The three levels of governments -- The founding documents: federal constitution, state constitution -- And local charters -- The three branches of federal, state and local governments -- The federal Constitution -- Historical background -- Overview of the federal Constitution and federal constitutional -- Excerpts -- The preamble to the federal Constitution -- The three branches of the federal government -- The federal legislature -- The federal executive -- The federal judiciary -- Cases in context: separation of powers and checks and balances -- Federal courtroom set up -- Selected provisions of the U.S. Bill of Rights -- Idioms, phrasal verbs and other terms -- Notes -- Answers -- Index -- About the author