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English for Law: Course Overview

This document outlines the course ENG147: English for Law-I which is worth 5 credits. The course aims to help students comprehend legal terms, enhance their understanding of English grammar, learn about trends in poetry and prose, develop drafting skills for legal documents, and apply grammatical skills to legal affairs. The course is divided into 6 units that cover topics such as prose, poetry, grammar, composition, and important legal terms to understand the Indian legal system better. The required textbooks are listed.

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English for Law: Course Overview

This document outlines the course ENG147: English for Law-I which is worth 5 credits. The course aims to help students comprehend legal terms, enhance their understanding of English grammar, learn about trends in poetry and prose, develop drafting skills for legal documents, and apply grammatical skills to legal affairs. The course is divided into 6 units that cover topics such as prose, poetry, grammar, composition, and important legal terms to understand the Indian legal system better. The required textbooks are listed.

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ENG147:ENGLISH FOR LAW-I

L:4 T:1 P:0 Credits:5

Course Outcomes: Through this course students should be able to

• comprehend the significance of the legal terms

• enhance the understanding of english grammar and its usage


• learn about the latest trends in poetry and prose

• discuss the use of important legal terms for a better understanding

• develop drafting skills for legal documents

• apply grammatical understanding in legal affairs

Unit I
Prose and Poetry-1 : 'More than 100 Million Women are Missing' by Amartya Sen, 'Tonight I can
Write the Saddest Lines' by Pablo Neruda, 'Questions from a Worker who Reads' by Bertolet Brecht,
'The Rage to Know' by Horace Freeland Judson
Unit II
Grammar and Composition-1 : the sentences, parts of speech, letter-writing

Unit III
Legal Terms-1 : Abandonment, Accused, Arrest, Appeal,Accusation, Adjudication, Accomplice,
Acquittal, Bail, Bequeath, Bias, Brief, Battery, Claim, Codicil, Comply, Cause of action, Citation,
Charge, Defamation, Detention, defence, Divorce, Embezzle, Eminent Domain, Equity, Estoppel,
Fiduciary, Felony, Forfeit, Good Faith, Guilty, Hearing, Homicide, Hit and Run, Investigation, Intestate,
Jeopardy, Judge, Judgement, Juvenile, Kidnapping, Knowingly, Leading Question, Legal Aid, Levy,
Liable, Litigation, Mediatio
Unit IV
Prose and Poetry-2 : 'The Gateman's Gift' by [Link], 'Vanishing Animals' by George Durrell,
'Where the Mind is Without Fear' by Rabindernath Tagore, 'Tribute to Papa' by Mamta Kalia
Unit V
Grammar and Composition-2 : articles, tenses, precis-writing

Unit VI
Legal Terms-2 : AB INITIO, ACTUS REUS , CAVEAT, CAVEAT EMPTOR, CERTIORI, DE NOVO,DE
FACTO, DE JURE EX PARTE, EX POST FACTO,EX CONTRACTU, GUARDIAN AD LITEM, HABEAS
CORPUS,IN PERSONAM, IN REM, INTER ALIA,INTER VIVOS, LIS PENDENS, LOCUS STANDI, LIMINE,
MENS REA,MANDAMUS, NON EST (INVENTUS), PRIMA FACIE CASE,PRO BONO PUBLICO, QUO
WARRANTO, RES JUDICATA, STARE DECISIS, VENIRE, VOIR DIRE.

Text Books:

1. IMPRINTS by BOARD OF EDITORS OF ORIENT LONGMAN, ORIENT LONGMAN

References:

1. INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR, USAGE AND COMPOSITION by [Link], ORIENT LONGMAN

2. OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR by JOHN EASTWOOD, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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