PrF:MP309Z English for Lawyers - Course Information
MP309Z Language I.3 - English for Lawyers
Faculty of LawAutumn 2011
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Štěpánka Dillingerová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radmila Doupovcová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Alena Hradilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Barbora Chovancová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Hana Kallus, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martina Nosková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radek Šimek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Radoslava Šopovová (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Barbora Chovancová, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Magdalena Kunzová - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- MP309Z/01: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Mon 8:00–9:30 215, R. Šimek
MP309Z/02: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Mon 9:35–11:05 215, R. Šimek
MP309Z/03: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Mon 11:10–12:40 315, R. Doupovcová
MP309Z/04: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Mon 13:30–15:00 315, R. Šopovová
MP309Z/05: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Mon 15:05–16:35 315, R. Šopovová
MP309Z/06: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Mon 16:40–18:10 315, R. Šopovová
MP309Z/07: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Wed 8:00–9:30 025, R. Šopovová
MP309Z/08: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Tue 8:00–9:30 025, R. Doupovcová
MP309Z/09: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Tue 9:35–11:05 025, R. Doupovcová
MP309Z/10: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Tue 11:10–12:40 025, R. Doupovcová
MP309Z/11: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Tue 18:15–19:45 258, R. Šimek
MP309Z/12: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Tue 15:05–16:35 259, T. Kyselovská
MP309Z/13: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Tue 16:40–18:10 259, T. Kyselovská
MP309Z/14: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Tue 18:15–19:45 259, T. Kyselovská
MP309Z/15: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Tue 16:40–18:10 315, R. Šimek
MP309Z/16: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Wed 8:00–9:30 315, R. Doupovcová
MP309Z/17: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Wed 9:35–11:05 315, R. Doupovcová
MP309Z/18: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Wed 11:10–12:40 025, Š. Dillingerová
MP309Z/19: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Wed 13:30–15:00 025, Š. Dillingerová
MP309Z/20: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Wed 15:05–16:35 025, Š. Dillingerová
MP309Z/21: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Wed 16:40–18:10 211, H. Kallus
MP309Z/22: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Thu 15:05–16:35 121, H. Kallus
MP309Z/23: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Wed 18:15–19:45 315, H. Kallus
MP309Z/24: Mon 26. 9. to Fri 16. 12. Tue 8:00–9:30 121, A. Hradilová
MP309Z/25: No timetable has been entered into IS. Š. Dillingerová - Prerequisites
- (! MP109Z French for Lawyers ) && (! MP108Z German for Lawyers ) && (! MP208Z French For Lawyers I.2. ) && (! MP207Z German for Lawyers I.2. )
The students are expected to have passed the previous courses in the first and the second terms of the first year - English for lawyers. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Public Administration Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
- Law (programme PrF, M-PPV) (2)
- Course objectives
- Students will be able to discuss, negotiate, decide and give reasons for the decision in certain specific fields of law (e.g. setting up a business, employment law, consumer law) at the level of B2 – C1 (CEFR). They will be able to write a well structured cover letter and a letter of complaint. They will understand the gist of conversations on legal topics and note down legal advice (listening level B2-C1).
- 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: Units 15 - 16 Family law, nullification of marriage, divorce, rights of succession, protection of children: Powell:75-81, Chromá I: Unit 12 Law and consumers, contracts between goods and services suppliers and consumers, exemption clauses, product liability: Powell:82-87, Chromá I: 377/46, 386/1, 411/45 Employment law, employment rights, EU employment law: Powell:88-92, Chromá II: Unit 18 Intellectual property, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, infringing copyright: Powell: 93-96, Chromá I: Unit 9, work with authentic materials
- Literature
- CHROMÁ, Marta. Nový úvod do právnické angličtiny. 4th ed. V Praze: Karolinum, 2003, 562 s. ISBN 8024607204. info
- CHROMÁ, Marta. Nový úvod do právnické angličtiny. 4th ed. V Praze: Karolinum, 2003, 554 s. ISBN 8024607387. info
- CHROMÁ, Marta. English-czech law dictionary. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Leda, 1997, 341 s. ISBN 808592725X. info
- CHROMÁ, Marta. Česko-anglický právnický slovník s vysvětlivkami : Czech-English law dictionary with explanations (Souběž.). 1. vyd. Praha: Leda, 2001, 478 s. ISBN 80-85927-90-X. info
- KROIS-LINDNER, Amy and Matt FIRTH. Introduction to International Legal English. 1st ed. Cambridge: CUP, 2008. ISBN 9780521718998. URL 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
- POWELL, Richard. Law today. 1st ed. Harlow: Longman, 1993, 128 s. ISBN 0582056357. info
- Teaching methods
- interactive language seminar
- Assessment methods
- Requirements: Active participation in class discussion, final written credit test (a translation, definitions and a short written text), students need to score at least 70% out of 59 points.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- MP409Zk Language I.4 - English for Lawyers
(MP309Z || CM308Z) && (MP210Z || CM210Z) - MV313Z Language II.1. - English for Lawyers
!CM111Z && !CM210Z && !CM308Z && !CM408Z && !CM408Zk && !MP111Z && !MP210Z && !MP309Z && !MP409Z && !MP409Zk && !NOWANY(MP111Z) - MV416K Language II.2 - English For Lawyers
MV313Z && !CM111Z && !CM210Z && !CM308Z && !CM408Z && !CM408Zk && !MP111Z && !MP210Z && !MP309Z && !MP409Z && !MP409Zk - MV510Z Language II.3. - English for Lawyers
MV416K && !CM111Z && !CM210Z && !CM308Z && !CM408Z && !CM408Zk && !MP111Z && !MP210Z && !MP309Z && !MP409Z && !MP409Zk - MV612Zk Language II.4 - English For Lawyers
MV510Z && !CM111Z && !CM210Z && !CM308Z && !CM408Z && !CM408Zk && !MP111Z && !MP210Z && !MP309Z && !MP409Z && !MP409Zk
- MP409Zk Language I.4 - English for Lawyers
- Teacher's information
- http://lingua.muni.cz
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
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