Spring 2014
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Nice to meet you! / Nice to see you!
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Today‘s to-do list:
1. Introduction
2. Syllabus
3. Study materials
4. Requirements
5. Revision
6. Mock exam
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Syllabus
Constitutional Law and the Rights of
Citizens
Public International Law and Human
Rights
Enforcing the Law: Criminal Procedure
Enforcing the Law: Civil Procedure
Introduction to the Law and Language of
the European Union
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Study materials
COMPULSORY
 Interactive syllabi, study materials
 Skupiny MSme
 Chromá, Marta. New introduction to legal English. Volume I.
Univerzita Karlova, 2007
 Chromá, Marta. New introduction to legal English. Volume
II. Univerzita Karlova, 2007
 Chromá, Marta. English-Czech law dictionary. Leda, 1997.
 Chromá, Marta. Czech -English law dictionary. Leda, 2001.
 Powell, Richard. Law today. 1. ed. Harlow : Longman, 1993
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Study materials
OPTIONAL
 Powell, Richard. Law today. 1. ed. Harlow : Longman,
1993
 Krois-Lindner, Amy – Firth, Matt. Introduction to
International Legal English. CUP, 2008.
 Black, Henry Campbell. Blackův právnický slovník.
Praha : Victoria Publishing, 1993
 Online dictionaries
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At the end of this semester…
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 continuous assessment
 written test
 oral examination
Examination
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 attendance
 1 excused absence
 active participation
 presentation and its written summary
 listening test (20.5. / 22.5.)
 homework
 I hereby reserve the right to add more requirements
during the semester.
Requirements for
continuous assessment
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 45 minutes
 controlled cloze test (in the first part deleted expressions will be
given in Czech and students will translate them to suit the context, in the
second part there will be underlined expressions in English to be translated into
Czech)
 providing definitions
 language focus exercises
(e.g. sentence transformation, word-formation, prepositions)
 reading comprehension
Written test
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 discussion related to the topic chosen
 conversation topic - Law studies, Faculty of law, Masaryk
University
 terminology based on prescribed texts
 Topics: What is law, Sources of modern law, Civil and public
law, Judicial institutions, Lawyers at work, Contracts,
Criminal law, Torts, Trusts, Land law, Running a business,
The law and the family, The law and consumer, Employment
law, Intellectual property, Constitutional law and the rights of
citizens, Public international law and human rights, Enforcing
the law: criminal procedure, Enforcing the law: civil procedure,
The law of the European Union.
Oral examination
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Failure to attend my own
seminar…
 UNIMAGINABLE when I have to give my
presentation
 in other cases ONLY EXCEPTIONALLY it can be
made up for by appearing in a seminar taught by my
teacher – always after a previous approval
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 Groups (all group members have to be equally involved)
or individuals
 Duration 10 minutes / person
 The use of visuals such as power point, OHP,
whiteboard, posters, ...
 Prepared handouts for the audience or interactive tasks
for the classmates (questions, fill in exercise, crossword
puzzle, ...)
 Written summary of the presentation by each member of
the group for „odevzdávárna “
 MSme Day Time (e.g. MSme Tuesday 13:30)
 by 30 April 2014 incl.
Presentations
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 The presentation must be of high quality.
 The choice of topic will be up to your group, it
should be something that you find interesting and all
the members should be happy about the topic. Try
to avoid general topics like The European Union,
choose more specific topics like The Czech EU
Presidency – Successes and Failures.
 LET‘S ASSIGN THE PRESENTATIONS! 
Presentations
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What has been covered so far?
Revision
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1st semester
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 What is law?
 Sources of modern law
 Civil and public law (division of law)
 Judicial institutions
 Lawyers at work
1st semester
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2nd semester
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 Contracts
 Criminal Law
 Torts
 Trusts
 Land law
2nd semester
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3rd semester
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 Running a business
 Family law
 The law and consumers
 Employment law
 Intellectual property
3rd semester
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Homework
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 30 minutes
Mock Exam
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1. Criminal proceedings were brought
2. bezprostřední riziko smrti či závažné újmy
3. awarded compensation
4. a civil party
5. usilující o náhradu škody, prostředek nápravy
6. sentenced to two years‘ imprisonment
7. subsequently acquitted
8. povolení odvolat se /napadnout právní důvody
rozhodnutí
9. right to a fair hearing
10. held unanimously
1.
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11. dvou stupních soudního řízení
12. prohibition of inhuman and degrading
13. byl vystaven špatnému zacházení
14. manslaughter and a grave traffic offence
15. persuasive evidence
16. svědecké výpovědi
17. rozhodnout / stanovit nade vší pochybnost
18.vyšetřování stále trvá / není ukončeno
19. základní pochybení / opomenutí
20. zpochybnily jeho spolehlivost
1.
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a. treason
b. death row
c. human rights
d. community service order
e. the European Community
2.
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1. F
2. F
3. F
4. F
5. T
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to apprehend ARREST, DETAIN party in default PARTY IN BREACH
compensation DAMAGES equity NATURAL JUSTICE,
FAIRNESS
procedural law REMEDIAL,
ADJECTIVE LAW
member of the jury JUROR
perpetrator CRIMINAL,
OFFENDER, FELON
secondary legislation SUBORDINATE /
SUBSIDIARY
LEGISLATION
legal capacity COMPETENCE,
QUAKLIFICATION
blackmail EXTORTION,
REKETEERING
felonies INDICTABLE
OFFENCES,
SERIOUS,
MAJOR
a wrong ILLEGAL
BEHAVIOUR,
UNLAWFUL
CONDUCT,
WRONGFUL ACT
litigant PARTY TO THE
DISPUTE
judge JUSTICE OF THE
PEACE,
MAGISTRATE
to outlaw ILLEGALIZE,
CRIMINALIZE
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4.
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Constitutional Law and
the Rights of Citizens
Next week
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 Read Unit 17 (Powell)
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References
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