PrF:MV813Z English for Lawyers III - Course Information
MV813Z Language III.2. - English for Lawyers
Faculty of LawSpring 2003
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Štěpánka Dillingerová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Hana Forest, Ph.D. (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)
Dr. Michael Svoboda, B.A. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radek Šimek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Radoslava Šopovová (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Alena Hradilová, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: JUDr. Helena Sýkorová - Prerequisites
- The students are expected to reach at least an intermediate level of English. This course is linked to the work done in the first term.
- 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
- Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to expose the students to various types of authentic texts - both written and oral.
- Syllabus
- Introduction Contracts - different types of contracts, essential elements, damages, other remedies Powell: 38-44 Chromá II: 114/3, 116/6, 119/10, 121/13, 122/14, 123/15, 124/16, 142/1a, 149/9a, b Criminal law - what is a crime, elements of proof, defenses, types of crime Powell: 45-50 Chromá II: 7/1a, b, 8/2a, 9/3, 13/7, 14/8, 15/9, 17/10, 17/11, 20/13 Torts - requirements of proof, comparison with crimes, comparison with broken contracts Powell: 51-56 Chromá I: 266/1, 267/2, 267/3, 269/6, 269/8, 270/9, 277/19, 280/23, 281/25, 304/8 Trusts - different types of trusts, enforcers and administrators, requirements Powell: 57-60 Land law - complexity of land law, estate in English law, legal interests, land transfer, short term possession, regulation of private and public land Powell: 61-67 Authentic materials Analysis of typical features of legal texts - definitions, legalese, syntactic and lexical difficulties
- Literature
- POWELL, Richard. Law today. 1st ed. Harlow: Longman, 1993, 128 s. ISBN 0582056357. info
- CHROMÁ, Marta. English-czech law dictionary. Vyd. 1. Praha: Leda, 1995, 341 s. ISBN 8085927012. info
- CHROMÁ, Marta and Thomas COATS. Úvod do právnické angličtiny. 2. doplněné vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1998, 368 stran. ISBN 807184697X. info
- CHROMÁ, Vlasta and Thomas COATS. Introduction to legal English. Vol. 2 : Úvod do právnické angličtiny. Díl 2. 1. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1996, 356 s. ISBN 80-7184-263-X. 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
- BOČÁNKOVÁ, Milena. Odborný anglicko-český slovník z oblasti ekonomické, obchodní, finanční a právní. 2. rozš. vyd. Praha: Linde, 1996, 912 s. ISBN 8072010409. info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- The work done in seminars is based on interactive teaching. The credit test checks the acquisition of terminology, understanding the content of texts and language skills closely related to legal English - defining.
- 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 III. je rozvrhově sloučen s Jazykem I. - Teacher's information
- http://lingua.muni.cz
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2003, recent)
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