Open AccessStudy of law through language approach as adopted in teaching international lawyers at MGIMO-University
Author(s) -
G. P. Tolstopyatenko,
И. Г. Федотова,
И. А. Богданова
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vestnik universiteta imeni o.e. kutafina (mgûa)/vestnik universiteta imeni o. e. kutafina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-6163
pISSN - 2311-5998
DOI - 10.17803/2311-5998.2020.65.1.062-069
Subject(s) - terminology , jurisprudence , subject (documents) , foreign language , legal research , realia , law , sociology , international law , pedagogy , engineering ethics , political science , linguistics , mathematics education , computer science , psychology , engineering , library science , philosophy
The article focuses on teaching English to international lawyers. The authors describe the approach developed and adopted in teaching legal English to international lawyers at MGIMO-University. Within the framework of this approach linguistics and jurisprudence become equivalent and equal factors in building a concise picture of the target subject — the system of the legal concepts and legal terminology of a foreign language. In the opinion of the authors this should be viewed as an important didactic goal of international lawyer training, i.e. training a professional who is not only able to fluently use foreign terminology, but, having thoroughly understood the respective extra lingual realia, contribute to a true dialogue of cultures vital to modern social interaction.