CM210Z Language I.2 - English for Lawyers

Faculty of Law
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Štěpánka Dillingerová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Funda, 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)
Mgr. Martina Nosková (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: Magdalena Kunzová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CM210Z/01: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Fri 8:00–9:30 126, B. Chovancová
CM210Z/02: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Fri 9:35–11:05 131, R. Šopovová
CM210Z/03: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Fri 11:10–12:40 148, R. Šopovová
CM210Z/05: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Wed 11:10–12:40 209, R. Šimek
CM210Z/06: Mon 3. 3. to Fri 23. 5. Thu 16:40–18:10 025, M. Nosková
CM210Z/07: No timetable has been entered into IS.
Prerequisites
CM111Z English for Lawyers
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 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
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
Students will be able to explain some legal principles which create important bases of most areas of law (contracts, crimes, torts). They will be able to discuss the main differences in the aforementioned areas between Czech and Anglo-American systems of law. They will understand the gist of video recordings from court hearings (level B2), provide summary and give reasons for a decision. They will be able to actively participate in a mock trial.
Syllabus
  • Introduction Contracts - different types of contracts, essential elements, damages, other remedies: Powell: U6, Chromá I: U10, U11; Criminal law - what is a crime, elements of proof, defenses, types of crime: Powell: U7, Chromá II: U22; Torts - requirements of proof, comparison with crimes, comparison with broken contracts: Powell: U8, Chromá II: U13, U14; Trusts - different types of trusts, enforcers and administrators, requirements: Powell: U9; Land law - complexity of land law, estate in English law, legal interests, land transfer, short term possession, regulation of private and public land: Powell: U10, Chromá I: U8, Authentic materials, Analysis of typical features of legal texts - definitions, legalese, syntactic and lexical difficulties.
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. Vyd. 1. Praha: Leda, 1995, 341 s. ISBN 8085927012. 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
  • POWELL, Richard. Law today. 1st ed. Harlow: Longman, 1993, 128 s. ISBN 0582056357. 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
Requirements: Active participation in class discussion, final written credit test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět je určen pro max. 10 studentů jiných fakult.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://lingua.muni.cz
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
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