MP407Zk Language I. - French for Lawyers

Faculty of Law
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PaedDr. Mgr. Pavla Kellnerová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kateřina Sedláčková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Daniela Veškrnová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PaedDr. Mgr. Pavla Kellnerová
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Magdalena Kunzová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MP407Zk/01: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Mon 11:10–12:40 129, P. Kellnerová
MP407Zk/02: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Mon 13:30–15:00 131, P. Kellnerová
MP407Zk/03: No timetable has been entered into IS. P. Kellnerová
Prerequisites
MP307Z French for Lawyers
The students are supposed to have attended and passed successfully four semesters of the course in Language I. - French 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
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The main objectives can be summarized as follows: to be introduced to legal French to learn specific features of the French administrative and legal system to get new knowledge and new communicative competences and oral skills, in particular understanding both written and spoken texts.At the end of the course students will be able to understand texts on specific topics and explain the key concepts in the following areas: International organisation - the United Nations, European Co-operation, Human Rights - History and Current Situation, Refugee Law, Refugee Status in France, Mechanism for Human Rights Protection, Judicature of the European Court of Human Rights. They will be able to use this information in discussions on specific topics, to explain and to support their arguments. Using acquired knowledge students will be able to interpret unknown texts.
Syllabus
  • Exploring and working with the texts relating to the following fields: Constitutional Systems in French-Speaking Countries,International organisation - the United Nations, European Co-operation, Human Rights - History and Current Situation, Refugee Law, Refugee Status in France, Mechanism for Human Rights Protection, Judicature of the European Court of Human Rights.
Literature
  • Šedová, Marie. Cahier d'exercices de grammaire pour les juristes. 1. vyd. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 1995. 62 s. ISBN 80-210-1208-0.
  • Šedová Marie: Les droits de l homme
Teaching methods
The instruction will be held in the form of seminars, two teaching units a week. Students will receive teaching materials for self-study in advance. The materials will be analyzed and interpreted during seminars. Acquired skills will be evaluated by means of exercises; an individual exercise in the form of an on-line drill coursebook. Instruction techniques: analysis of legal texts, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, independent speaking.
Assessment methods
The course is taught in the form of seminars. In is ended by a an examination consisting of a written part and an oral part. Examination admittance requirements: - attendance and active participation in seminars (80%) - successful (70%) final test covering the contents of the term curriculum (translation, questions with open and controlled answers, filling-in exercise) Examination: - written part – working out an unknown legal text (judicature) - oral part – explication and discussion on legal topics Topics for examination: Administrative Organisation in France, The President and Government, The Parliament, Elections, Budget and Taxes, European Union, Essential Concepts in Law and Civil Law, Family Law, Organisation of Judiciary in France, Administrative Judiciary, Common Judiciary, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Employment Law and Social Security Law, Business Law, Contract, the United Nations Organisation, European Co-operation, European Law, Human Rights, Refugee Law, Constitutional System in Switzerland, Constitutional System in Belgium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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