| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION | 第12-24页 |
| ·The Language of the Law | 第12-16页 |
| ·Characteristics of Legal Language | 第16-20页 |
| ·Plain Legal English | 第20-22页 |
| ·Rhetoric of Legal English | 第22-24页 |
| CHAPTER TWO: PLAIN LEGAL ENGLISH | 第24-53页 |
| ·Plain English Movement | 第24-41页 |
| ·The Definition of "Plain English" | 第24-27页 |
| ·Plain English Movement around the World | 第27-38页 |
| ·In the United States of America | 第30-32页 |
| ·In Canada | 第32-34页 |
| ·In the United Kingdom | 第34-36页 |
| ·In Australia | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Necessity & Significance of Plain English | 第38-41页 |
| ·Plain Legal English: Simple & Precise | 第41-43页 |
| ·Criticism of Plain Legal English | 第43-53页 |
| ·The Old Criticism | 第44-48页 |
| ·The New Criticism | 第48-53页 |
| CHAPTER THREE: RHETORIC OF LEGAL ENGLISH | 第53-72页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Rhetoric in Legal English | 第53-57页 |
| ·Definition and Classifications of Rhetoric | 第53-57页 |
| ·What is Rhetoric? | 第53-55页 |
| ·What Is "Rhetoric" in This Essay? | 第55-57页 |
| ·Rhetoric in Legal English | 第57-72页 |
| ·Some Aesthetic Rhetoric in Legal English | 第58-67页 |
| ·Parallelism | 第58-63页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction | 第58-60页 |
| ·Parallelism on Different Levels in Legal English | 第60-63页 |
| ·Repetition/Iteration in Legal English | 第63-65页 |
| ·Other Aesthetic Rhetoric in Legal English | 第65-67页 |
| ·Features of Communicative Rhetoric in Legal English | 第67-72页 |
| ·Accuracy | 第68-69页 |
| ·.2 Clarity | 第69-71页 |
| ·.3 Conciseness | 第71-72页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NYC AND AAC | 第72-113页 |
| ·Choice of Words | 第72-89页 |
| ·Easy Words in Plain Legal English Rather than Difficult Words | 第75-83页 |
| ·Specific Words in Plain Legal English Rather than General Words | 第83-86页 |
| ·Positive Words in Plain Legal English Rather than Negative Words | 第86-89页 |
| ·Choice of Sentences | 第89-103页 |
| ·Simple Sentences in Plain Legal English Rather than Complicated Sentences | 第92-95页 |
| ·Active-voice Sentences in Plain Legal English Rather Than Passive-voice Sentences | 第95-99页 |
| ·Variety of Sentences in Plain Legal English Rather Than Monotony | 第99-103页 |
| ·Structural Differences between NFC(1958) and AAC(1996) | 第103-106页 |
| ·Tone Differences | 第106-113页 |
| ·Some Humanity in Plain Legal English Rather than Only Formality | 第107-109页 |
| ·Positive Tone in Plain Legal English Rather than Understating Tone | 第109-113页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第113-115页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第115-118页 |
