Be sure you know these words of BASIC legal vocabulary
basic legal terms for first year law students at Harvard
Jurist's law dictionary
glossary accompaning Introduction to the English Legal System, OUP
UK Law Dictionary from 6th form law site
glossary from the Judiciary of England and Wales site
Juriterm - bilingual Canadian dictionary (doesn't work with Safari - try Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape)
Granddictionaire Canadian dictionary of terminology, including law)
translation and drafting aids of the European Union, legal plus other subjects - try the IATE link on the right)
Les bases du droit anglais , Bouscaren and Greenstein, is a very general presentation of English law with translations or explanations of important terms
Dictionnaire de l'anglais économique et juridique et du commerce international, Anne Deysine et al. If you can't stop yourself from buying a dictionary, this one, while not perfect, is good value for money.
Dictionnaire juridique français-anglais / anglais-français (Harraps/Dalloz) This very recent dictionary might be good for English law, but needs improvement on the American side.
Lexique de l'anglais juridique : Français/anglais anglais/français, Kettler. Another recent arrival, rather expensive. You need to familiarise yourself with the abreviations to get all the information about the words.
Dictionnaire des difficultés de l'anglais des contrats. Houbert
Guide pratique de la traduction juridique : français/anglais. Houbert
The English translations of the French codes from the Legifrance site or French cases translated into English
French constitutional council - texts and case law
Le greffe du tribunal de commerce de Paris has an English version of their site as does Notaires de France.
Another trick, for European law- use the Europa site. Find the page in French (or your language) concerning the subject you are interested in, then change two letters in the URL
for instance, if you started with
http://europa.eu/scadplus/glossary/index_fr.htm
just change the "fr" to "en"
http://europa.eu/scadplus/glossary/index_en.htm
Specialised legal dictionaries online - English, but with French equivalents when possible
conflicts of law, by Prof. Wm Tetley
maritime law, by Prof. Wm Tetley
A collection of various specialised bilingual legal dictionaries online
General English dictionaries online
Cambridge dictionaries (with some online language activities)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Merriam-Webster learner's dictionary or their regular dictionary (with sound)
Google as a definition finder
In a google window, type
define: (word or phrase you are looking for)
If using a phrase, use parentheses, e.g. "habeas corpus"
-> define: "habeas corpus"
updated 26/01/10