Comparative law for spanish-english lawyers : legal cultures, legal terms and legal practices / S. I. Strong, Katia Fach Gomez, Laura Carballo Pineiro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strong, S. I., author.

Fach Gómez, Katia, author.

Carballo Piñeiro, Laura, author.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Comparative law.

Spanish-speaking countries.

English-speaking countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (720 pages)

Other Title:

Derecho comparado para abogados angloe hispanoparlantes : Culturas juridicas, terminos juridicos y practicas juridicas

Comparative law for spanish-english speaking lawyers

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, [England] ; Northampton, [Massachusetts] : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.

Language Note:

In English and Spanish.

Summary:

"[This book] 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 todays 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." -- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction

Sources of law

Subject-specific areas of law

Practical issues

Exercises and further development.

Part I: Introduction / Section I: Introducción

1. Introduction / Introducción

2. Legal, business and social cultures / Culturas jurídicas, empresariales y sociales

Part II: Sources of Law / Seccion II: Fuentes del Derecho

3. Basic principles of comparative Law / Principios básicos de derecho comparado

4. Legislation / Legislación

5. Decisions from judicial and other tribunals / Decisiones de la judicatura y otros tribunals

6. Treatises and scholarly commentary / Doctrina

Part III: Subject-specific Areas of Law / Sección III: Áreas Jurídicas Específicas

7. Substantive law / Derecho sustantivo

8. Procedural law / Derecho procesal

Part IV: Practical Issues / Sección IV: Cuestiones Prácticas de la Practica Juridica

9. Submissions to judicial, arbitral and other tribunals / Escritos dirigidos a tribunales de justicia, arbitrales y otros

10. Trasactional documents / Documentos transaccionales

11. Internal and external correspondence and memoranda / Correspondencia externa e interna y dictámenes

Part V: Exercises and Further Development/Sección V: Ejercicios y Otros Desarrollos

12. Mock arbitral dispute / Simulación de arbitraje

13. Mock legal transaction / Simulación de transacciónes jurídicas

14. Answers to self-tests / Contestaciones a las autoevaluaciones.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84980-787-6