English for Law: Students Handbook

Book excerpt: English lessons in Higher Education are means to provide a brief understanding for students to be able to understand important terms that are often used in their respective scientific disciplines. Furthermore, students are expected to be able to understand readings, vocabulary and do simple speaking related to their field of knowledge. This book describes material on the study and basic legal terms that students must master in law English courses. This book provides reading text, vocabulary, and essential terms in law. This book's teaching material covers three English language skills: reading, writing, and speaking. So that after studying legal English, students are expected to be able to read, write and speak simple conversations in the field of law. This book is the author's first edition. Writing this book has challenges due to the lack of available literacy in legal English. Most of the books are available in general English, so the presence of this legal English book will add to the repertoire of learning legal English. Furthermore, this book is very open and will continue to be improved and perfected. Readers are welcome to provide constructive suggestions to produce better Legal English teaching materials in the future. Moreover, this is the first book in which literacy in legal English is very difficult to find in the market. This book can be put to good use by the entire academic community to enrich this scientific treasure in the field of law.