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The German Legal System and Legal Language is an established, reliable, and practical resource and learning tool, designed to give English language readers a clear and authoritative guide to the German legal system and its special language. Now in its fifth edition, this book has been fully revised and updated, and it includes a full set of appendices, comprising a list of abbreviations, a vocabulary of selected German and Latin words and phrases, a table of cases, and a paragraph register. It is a broad and systematic survey of some of the main areas of German public and private law. The meanings of innumerable German legal expressions and principles are clarified. In addition, attention is occasionally drawn to equivalent concepts and norms found in English law. Together, this material represents a unique compendium of information on a subject in which accuracy and experience can be vital. The book is a valuable source of reference for anyone interested in the German legal system and legal language.

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The volume offers, due to its broadness, a good overview and first introduction into the German legal system, especially for lawyers having a common law background. - The European Legal Forum, Issue 2-2009 I bought the book in November, and it has already proved extremely useful to me, both wearing my freelance translator hat and as a part-time staff translator. - Nigel Hulbert, December 2009 ...one of the essential tools for the legal translator's toolbox. - Kriemhild Zerling, The Capital Translator (Newsletter of NCATA), March 2006 The arrival of the new edition of 'Fisher' is a great day for me as a legal translator. A marvellous resource. - Paul Gretton, November 2008

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Howard D. Fisher has practised law in both the UK and Germany and is a sworn interpreter and accredited translator in Berlin.

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