Study of law through language approach as adopted in teaching international lawyers at MGIMO-University

Abstract

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.