| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-21页 |
| 1．1 Why "Research on vagueness of legal English"9 | 第12-19页 |
| 1．1．1 What is vagueness? | 第12-16页 |
| 1．1．1．1 Vagueness | 第12-14页 |
| 1．1．1．2 Comparison with Ambiguity | 第14-16页 |
| 1．1．2 What is legal English9 | 第16-17页 |
| 1．1．3 What is vagueness of legal English? | 第17-19页 |
| 1．2 The Structure of The Thesis | 第19页 |
| 1．3 Summary | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Background Review | 第21-29页 |
| 2．1 Vague Linguistics | 第21-24页 |
| 2．1．1 Research on Fundamental Theories | 第21-24页 |
| 2．1．2 Research on the relationship between vagueness and some other disciplines | 第24页 |
| 2．2 Forensic Linguistics | 第24-28页 |
| 2．2．1 Research before 1970s | 第25-26页 |
| 2．2．2 Research after 1970s | 第26-28页 |
| 2．3 Summary | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Sources of Vagueness of Legal English | 第29-51页 |
| 3．1 Vagueness and Preciseness | 第29-33页 |
| 3．1．1 What is preciseness? | 第29-30页 |
| 3．1．2 Vagueness as an Aid to Preciseness | 第30-33页 |
| 3．1．3 Contradiction between Vagueness and Preciseness | 第33页 |
| 3．2 Sources of Vagueness in Legal English | 第33-51页 |
| 3．2．1 Inevitability | 第34-47页 |
| 3．2．1．1 Objective Sources | 第34-46页 |
| 3．2．1．2 Subjective Sources | 第46-47页 |
| 3．2．2 Necessity | 第47-51页 |
| Chapter 4 Removal of Vagueness of Legal English | 第51-71页 |
| 4．1 Problems Caused by the Limitations of Vagueness in Legal English | 第51-55页 |
| 4．1．1 The Application of Vaguely Worded Standards—Distinctions Not Capable of Articulation | 第51-54页 |
| 4．1．2 Abuse of Judges' Discretion | 第54-55页 |
| 4．2 Removal of Vagueness in Legal English | 第55-56页 |
| 4．3 How to Remove Vagueness of Legal English? | 第56-71页 |
| 4．3．1 Legal Construction | 第56-63页 |
| 4．3．1．1 Formal Construction vs Informal Construction | 第57-60页 |
| 4．3．1．2 Approaches Used in Legal Construction | 第60-63页 |
| 4．3．2 Law Creation, Amendment or Abolishment | 第63-66页 |
| 4．3．3 Other Methods | 第66-71页 |
| 4．3．3．1 Application of Strict Patterns | 第66页 |
| 4．3．3．2 Synonymous or Equivalent Words Used in Heaps | 第66-71页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第71-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-76页 |
