Test Your Professional English - Law - 60 tests - self-study and classroom use

Sep 28, 2026

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Test Your Professional English: Law is one of ten useful Test Your Professional English books, designed for students and working professionals. It provides 60 clear, simple tests across eight sections, covering over 500 keywords and expressions used in contracts and agreements, employment law, criminal law, civil law, family law, alternative dispute resolution, and international law. A variety of exercises includes crosswords, cartoons, gap-fills, and more, with language tips, an A-Z word list, and a full answer key for confident self-study.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages112

Reading Time4 h 42 min

AccessFree to download

To the student

Section 1: The scope of law, the legal system and legal professionals

Introduction to law: basic terms

Introduction to law: basic concepts

The sources of law

The subject matter of the legal system

The court structure

Court personnel

Legal professionals

Legal training

Prepositions at law

Review test

Section 2: Contracts and agreements

Types of legal contracts

Navigating legal contracts

Standard terms and conditions of sale

Letters of reminder

Distribution agreement

Franchise agreement

Loan agreement

Section 3: Employment law

Director's Service Agreement

Full-time Employment Contract

Verbal and written warnings

Letter of redundancy

Employment discrimination

Employment law and Human Resource terms

Employee health and safety

Section 4: Criminal law

Introduction to criminal law

Types of crime

Criminal procedure (1)

Criminal procedure (2)

Sentencing

At trial

Key players in the criminal law

On appeal

Section 5: Civil law

Branches of civil law

Law of Commercial Transactions

Agency agreements

Law of Property, Natural Resources, the Environment

Intellectual Property

Family Law

Accident and Injury: Compensation and Prevention

Section 6: Company law

Introduction to company law

Registration of new companies

Articles of Association

The duties of the directors

Shareholders' Agreement

Share capital

The Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Bankruptcy

International Law and International Trade

Section 7: Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Arbitration

Mediation

International commercial arbitration

Section 8: International law

Introduction to international law

Public International Law

The United Nations (UN)

The International Court of Justice

The International Criminal Court

The United Nations International Commission on Trade Law

Answers

Word list

Professional EnglishLaw Professional English Law Test Your Professional English:Law is one in a series of tenuseful Test Your Professional English books.It features 60clear and simple tests for students and professionals.Thebook is organized into 8 sections and covers over 500 keywords and expressions in areas such as contracts andagreements,employment law,criminal law,civil law,familylaw,alternative dispute resolution and international law. 60 tests covering over 500 key words and expressions Wide variety of tests,including crosswords,cartoons,fill-the-gaps,and many more Tips on using English for legal communication A-Z word list and full answer key Ideal for self-study and classroom use Adults Advanced 16+ Upper IntermediateIntermediatePre-intermediateElementaryBeginner 12-15 Primary Published and distributed byPearson Education Limited Cover designed byTen Toes Design Cover photography byZ &B Baran Also look out for: ISBN 0-582-46898-19780582468986 лебеия ую!мшопра занезлобана уэ!м Me7Usl1161sseInO人 1S-1 n Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh GateHarlow Essex CM202JE,Englandand Associated Companies throughout the world. SBN O582468981 First published 2002Text copyright Nick Brieger 2002 Second impression,2003 Designed and typeset by Pantek Arts Ltd,Maidstone,KentTest Your format devised by Peter Watcyn-Joneslliustrations by Mike FlannaganPrinted in ChinaSWTC/02 All rights reserved;no part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrievalsystem,or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise,without the prior written permission of thePublishers. Acknowledgements Thanks to the many students at York Associates who contributed to and trialled thesematerials;also to Jane Durkin at Penguin for her support with allthe TYPE titles. Published by Pearson Education Limited in association with Penguin Books Ltd,bothcompanies being subsidiaries of Pearson plc. | For a complete list of the titles available in the Penguin Readers series please
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Edinburgh Gate,Harlow,Essex,CM202JE. | | --- | Contents To the student Section 1:The scope of law,the legal system and legalprofessionals 1 Introduction to law:basic terms 2 Introduction to law:basic concepts3 The sources of law34 The subject matter of thelegal system5 The court structure66 Court personnel8 7 Legal professionals10 8 Legal training119 Prepositions at law12 10 Review test13 Section 2:Contracts andagreements 11 Introduction to the law ofcontract1412 Types of legal contracts1513 Navigating legal contracts16 14 Standard Terms andConditions of Sale15 Letters of reminder1816 Distribution Agreement1917 Franchise Agreement2018 Loan Agreement22 v Section 3:Employment law 19 Director's Service Agreement 2421 Full-time EmploymentContract2622 Verbal and written warnings 2823 Letter of redundancy3024 Employment discrimination 3125 Employment law and HumanResource terms3226 Employee health and safety 34 Section 4:Criminal law 27 Introduction to criminal law 3528 Types of crime36 29Criminalprocedure(1)37 30Criminalprocedure(2)3831 Sentencing4032 At trial4233 Key players in the criminallaw4434 On appeal45 Section 5:Civil law35 Branches of civil law4736 Law of CommercialTransactions4837 Agency agreements5038 Law of Property,Natural Resources,the Environment 51 39 Intellectual Property 40 Family Law 41 Accident and Injury:Compensation andPrevention Section 6:Company law 42 Introduction to company law 43 Registration of new companies 44 Articles of Association 45 The duties of the directors 46 Shareholders'Agreement 47 Share capital 48 The Annual General Meeting (AGM) 49 Bankruptcy 50 International Law and International Trade Section 7:Alternative DisputeResolution (ADR) 5454 51 In

FAQs

Who is this book for?

It is intended for both students and professionals who need to improve legal English for work and studies.

What law topics does it cover?

The eight sections include contracts and agreements, employment law, criminal law, civil law (including family law and intellectual property), company law, alternative dispute resolution, and international law.

How are the tests and study resources organized?

The book uses 60 clear tests with different formats (such as crosswords and gap-filling). It includes language tips and an A-Z word list, plus a full answer key at the back so you can check results.

Sep 28, 2026

Uploaded by Liam