by Stephen Dillon Weston | Apr 1, 2021 | Legal English, Legal language, Legal Language questions
My thanks go to Jaroslav Opravil and Oliver Steuernagel at ERA for their excellent work and of course to the participants, whose lively contribution was much appreciated, and whose questions I address in the following notes. Please feel free to contact me if you have...
by Stephen Dillon Weston | Jan 10, 2021 | Current Affairs, Legal Language questions
Following the invasion of the Capitol by Trump supporters on 7 January 2021, and the President’s apparent encouragement of, and failure to condemn, the action, there have been calls for him to be: removed from office under the twenty-fifth Amendment to the U.S....
by Stephen Dillon Weston | Dec 31, 2020 | Legal Language questions
Can governments require people to get vaccinated? There are now vaccinations available against COVID. However, a large number of people – particularly in the West – have said that they refuse to get vaccinated. There are various reasons given for this refusal,...
by Stephen Dillon Weston | Dec 18, 2020 | Legal Language questions, Post-class Notes
This week’s blog consists of notes on legal and legal language questions which came up during the ERA / Loquitur Legal English Online Course which ran from 30 November to 2 December 2020. What do suspect, charge, accused and prosecute mean? When the police believe...
