PrF:MV510Z English for Lawyers II.

MV510Z Language II.3. - English for Lawyers

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2003

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

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Prerequisites

The students are expected to have passed the previous courses Language II.1 and Language II.2 but it is not a prerequisite.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to expose the students to various types of authentic legal texts - both oral and written.

Syllabus

Topics for authentic materials work, discussion and terminology acquisition:
Running a business, organization- types of companies,internal management, raising capital, termination of business
Powell:68-74, Chromá II: 215/1c, 217/3b, 218/4a, b, 219/5, 220/6, 241/1, 247/6, 249/7c Family law, nullification of marriage, divorce, rights of succession, protection of children
Powell:75-81, Chromá II:64/4a, 66/7, 68/8, 70/10 Law and consumers contracts between goods and services suppliers and consumers, exemption clauses, product liability Powell:82-87, Chromá II: 125/17, 126/1, 160/1 Employment law, employment rights, EU employment law
Powell:88-92, Chromá II: 87/1, 90/2b, c, 90/3, 92/5, 94/6a, b, 95/8, 101/12a, d Intellectual property, patents, copyrights tracdemarks, trade secrets,infringing copyright
Powell: 93-96, Chromá II: 173/7b,c, 174/a,b,c, 180/4, 185/C work with authentic materials

Literature

POWELL, Richard. Law today. 1st ed. Harlow: Longman, 1993, 128 s. ISBN 0582056357. info
CHROMÁ, Marta. English-czech law dictionary. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Leda, 1997, 341 s. ISBN 808592725X. info
RILEY, Alison. English for law. 1. ed. London: Macmillan Press, 1991, xxiv, 256. ISBN 0-333-49387-7. info
Black's law dictionary : definitions of the terms and phrases of American and English jurisprudence, ancient and modern (Orig.) : Blackův právnický slovník. [1. svazek], [A - I] : Blackův právnický slovník. [2. svazek], [J - Z]. info
CHROMÁ, Marta and Thomas COATS. Úvod do právnické angličtiny. 2. doplněné vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1998, 368 stran. ISBN 807184697X. info
CHROMÁ, Marta and Thomas COATS. Úvod do právnické angličtiny. 2. doplněné vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1998, 378 stran. ISBN 8071845876. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Požadavky k zápočtu: docházka, aktivní účast, test

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Jazyk II. je rozvrhově sloučen s Jazykem I.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

MV612Zk Language II.4 - English For Lawyers
MV510Z && !CM111Z && !CM210Z && !CM308Z && !CM408Z && !CM408Zk && !MP111Z && !MP210Z && !MP309Z && !MP409Z && !MP409Zk

Teacher's information

http://lingua.muni.cz