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

By Katia Fach Gómez, Laura Carballo Pineiro, S.I. Strong

Book Overview

Comparative Law for Spanish-English Speaking Lawyers provides practitioners and students of law, in a variety of English- and Spanish-speaking countries, with the information and skills needed to successfully undertake competent comparative legal research and communicate with local counsel and clients in a second language. Written with the purpose of helping lawyers develop the practical skills essential for success in today's increasingly international legal market, this book aims to arm its readers with the tools needed to translate unfamiliar legal terms and contextualize the legal concepts and practices used in foreign legal systems. Comparative Law for Spanish-English Speaking Lawyers / Derecho comparado para abogados anglo- e hispanoparlantes, escrita en ingl s y espa ol, persigue potenciar las habilidades ling sticas y los conocimientos de derecho comparado de sus lectores. Con este prop sito, t rminos y conceptos jur dicos esenciales son explicados al hilo del an lisis riguroso y transversal de selectas jurisdicciones hispano- y angloparlantes. El libro pretende con ello que abogados, estudiantes de derecho y traductores puedan trabajar en una segunda lengua con solvencia y consciencia de las diferencias jur dicas y culturales que afectan a las relaciones con abogados y clientes extranjeros. La obra se complementa con ejercicios individuales y en grupo que permiten a los lectores reflexionar sobre estas divergencias.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849807868
• ISBN13: 9781849807869
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 720 Pages