Pubblicazioni
UNIVERSITY TEXTBOOKS
Legal English and the Common Law by Alison Riley with Legal Grammar Handbook by Patricia Sours (500 pp.), is a course book in Legal English specially written for Italian law students, jurists and lawyers, first published in December 2008 by Cedam, Padova and now available exclusively in Italy in a fully updated 3rd edition (2015).
ISBN 978-88-13-357771
The book also provides an introduction to the English legal system and examines the style of judicial reasoning typical of the common law judge, illustrating how principles develop case by case in common law legal systems.
The language of the law and aspects of the legal system are presented in clear English at intermediate level, with some sections devoted to more advanced readers. The volume is richly illustrated with original legal texts in the English language from national law, European Union law and international law, notably in the context of European Convention on Human Rights law. A series of Tasks with full keys and explanations of language and law provide opportunities for comprehension, discussion, training in legal skills and research, as well as terminology and vocabulary development.
The volume is partly bilingual and contains Reflection and Comparison sections by Italian jurists written in the Italian language, to stimulate reflection about comparative legal aspects and language.
Legal English and the Common Law by Alison Riley: Chapter One-English in Legal Contexts; Chapter Two-The Language of a Legal System; Chapter Three-The European Dimension; Chapter Four-The Language of Criminal Law; Chapter Five-The Language of Civil Law;Chapter Six-The Language of Contract
Legal Grammar Handbook by Patricia Sours: Chapter Seven-Text Layout and Use of Formal Terminology; Chapter Eight-Punctuation; Chapter Nine-Basic Sentence Structure; Chapter Ten-Verb Forms; Chapter Eleven-Adverbial Clauses and Nominal Structures.
The 3rd edition (2015) contains additional exercises with solutions: Language Focus Tasks and a Glossary of Law Terms
Common Law Legal English and Grammar. A Contextual Approach by Alison Riley and Patricia Sours, published by Hart Publishing, Oxford (2014) 504 pp, ISBN 9-781849-465762. This international textbook in Legal English and Common Law is available worldwide excluding Italy. For information, visit www.hartpub.co.uk
English for Law by Alison Riley (256 pp.), published by Macmillan Publishers, London and Basingstoke, 1991, ISBN 033-49387-7,
primo volume della serie "Macmillan Professional English"; attuale edizione della Longman, Pearson Education Limited, Harlow, Essex, England, ISBN 0-13-401209-7. Testo di livello universitario per l'apprendimento della lingua inglese giuridica (English for Specific Purposes - Law), è stato adottato in università in molti paesi del mondo.
PAPERS
Sharing a journey towards success: the impact of collaborative study groups and CALL in a legal context Alison Riley and Patricia Sours, Chapter 9, pp. 109-123 in Borg, S. (Ed.) Language Teacher Research in Europe. Alexandria, VI: TESOL, 2006.
La Fisionomia della Sentenza in Inghilterra e in Italia: un’analisi orientata alla traduzione, Federica Scarpa e Alison Riley, in Traduttori e giuristi a confronto Interpretazione traducente e comparazione del discorso giuridico, a cura di Leandro Schena e Rita D. Snel Trampus, Bologna, CLUEB, 2000, a pp. 227-291: Riley, pp.228-251, 276-285.
La Traduzione della sentenza di common law in italiano Federica Scarpa e Alison Riley in Traduzione, Società e Cultura, a cura di Federica Scarpa, Edizioni Università di Trieste, Trieste, n.9, 1999, a pp. 3-91: la sezione 1 (Role and Form of the English Judgment, pp. 4-39) è stata stesa da Alison Riley, come pure il Case log framework (Appendice 1, pp. 85-87). Si tratta della versione ampliata dell’articolo presentato dalle due co-autrici al Convegno Internazionale Traduttori e giuristi a confronto svoltosi presso l'Università Bocconi.
The Meaning of Words in English Legal Texts: Mastering the Vocabulary of the Law - a Legal Task, Alison Riley, in The Law Teacher (The International Journal of Legal Education, Association of Law Teachers), 1996, Volume 30, No.1, pp. 68-83, Sweet & Maxwell, London.
