[...]... was the frequency of occurrence of legal, law- enforcement, and court-based words Strict adherence to this principle ensured selection of only most common vocabulary items THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK AND OF EACH ENTRY The book consists of two parts: the main part — English-Russian Dictionary of Criminal Law — and Appendix (English-Russian court-related documents) In the dictionary each English word is... intentionally left blank ENGLISH-RUSSIAN DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN CRIMINAL LAW This page intentionally left blank Introduction ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES Because the goal was not to include either all the English words pertaining to the sphere of criminal law or the multitude of documents used in American courts, the authors had to work out certain principles to limit the amount of material incorporated in... in incomplete and at times incorrect translation of American legal terms This dictionary will answer the needs of Russian lawyers, judges, law students, police officers — all those who have professional relations with Americans in the legal sphere, who are studying American justice and lawenforcement system, and those who come to this country as part of the numerous exchange programs It will be helpful... dealing with criminal/ legal issues appear regularly in daily newspapers and on television Frequently they are difficult for Russians to understand without an appropriate reference The area dealt with in this dictionary is criminal law It is the first part of a larger project which will cover other areas of the law The dictionary does not address all words pertaining to the sphere of criminal law; it is... Robert American Slang Abridged edition New York: Harper Paperbacks, 1987 Dubyagin, Yu., and E Teplitsky Concise English-Russian and English-Russian Dictionary of the Underworld Moscow: Terra, 1993 English-Russian Medical Dictionary Moscow: Russky Yazyk Publishers, 1989 Gifis, Steven H Law Dictionary 3rd ed Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's Educational Series, 1991 Lutz, William D The Cambridge Thesaurus of American. .. to the concept of multiculturalism in American society This is exactly what this dictionary aims to do It will help attorneys, judges, law- enforcement officers who deal with Russians in the United States (with clients, professional delegations from the former Soviet Union — the increasing number of which also testifies to the need of this kind of reference material, etc.), as well as professionals in... bridging a linguistic, as well as a cultural, gap between Americans and Russians in the legal sphere It is the first English-Russian Dictionary of American Criminal Law to be published in this country The demand for this kind of materials in the United States has been growing steadily over the past few years Since the end of the Cold War thousands of Russians have come to the United States including political... Kratkii Kriminologicheski Slovar Moscow: Yurist, 1995 Mamulyan, A., and S Kashkin English-Russian Comprehensive Law Dictionary 1st ed Moscow: Sovetnik, 1993 Muller, V K English-Russian Dictionary Moscow: Russky Yazyk, 1985 New English-Russian Dictionary 4th ed Moscow: Russky Yazyk Publishers, 1987 The Oxford English-Russian Dictionary Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992 Ozhegov, S I Slovar Russkogo Yazika 21st... source of useful information which can be used by a variety of professionals in their daily work The organizing principles, the structure of the whole dictionary, and that of each entry, etc., are outlined in the introduction that follows Among the most useful of the lexicographical sources consulted are: Alexandrova, Z Slovar Sinonimov Russkogo Yazika 7th ed Moscow: Russky Yazyk, 1993 Americana English-Russian. .. common core of the language and are extensively used in legal, court and lawenforcement settings, as well as words found outside the literary/normative layer of the language [i.e., slang and jargon]) Neither is it a complete compilation of court-related documents It includes only those used most often (e.g., a list of Miranda rights, a plea offer, a waiver of a jury trial, an affidavit of indigency) . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" ENGLISH-RUSSIAN DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN CRIMINAL LAW This page intentionally left blank ENGLISH-RUSSIAN DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN CRIMINAL LAW MARINA BRAUN AND. translation of American legal terms. This dictionary will answer the needs of Russian lawyers, judges, law students, police officers — all those who have professional relations with Americans. this dictionary is criminal law. It is the first part of a larger project which will cover other areas of the law. The dictionary does not address all words pertaining to the sphere of criminal