当一个学生向教授提交书面作业或向律师事务所提交书面资料时， 没有什么比错误的使用或不使用缩略符造成的负面印象更严重了。因此，掌握这些简单，却常常容易混淆的规则非常重要。在四种情形下使用或不使用缩略符容易引起混淆，分别是（1）复数词（2）单数所有格（3）复数所有格和（4）it's和its的缩写...
一、缩写 Abbreviations 规则1、在正式写作中，应当避免使用缩写，除非有下述规则2、规则3和规则4的情形。In formal writing, one should not use abbreviations, except as indicated in rules 2, 3, and...
括号 1 在引语中插入你自己选用的单词时，该单词使用括号。Incorrect: The professor said that “Frankfurter evolved from liberal to conservative while on the Supreme Court (and) Bla...
冠词 冠词指“a”，“an”，和“the”。学生常在句子中漏掉冠词，以为这样“高效”或“听起来象律师（说得话）”。但是，漏掉冠词往往写出劣质文章。需要用冠词的时候就用冠词，律师也不能例外。亚洲国家学生在写作时应注意正确使用冠词，因为许多亚洲国家语言没有冠词。1 避免律师的习惯干扰。漏掉冠词并不能使句...
Comparison of Federal and State Systems 联邦和州刑事司法系统比较 Most criminal prosecutions take place in state courts. The chart below highlights some of the key...
Chapter 1—Talking to the Police 与警察谈话 The overbearing（傲慢的, 专横的） police interrogation designed to wrench a confession from a quivering（颤抖的） suspect is ...
Section I: Police Questioning of People Who Haven't Been Taken Into Custody This section deals with police attempts to question you in situations ...
Can I Walk Away From a Police Officer Who Is Questioning Me? Unless a police officer has ''probable cause'' to make an arrest （see Cha...
The Questionable Legality（合法性） of Loitering Laws Many people argue that police officers use loitering laws to clear neighborhoods of “undesirables.“ S...
A Police Officer Told Me That If I Didn't Answer the Officer's Questions I'd Be Arrested for Loitering. Is That Legal? In certain circumst...