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English for Lawyers - Introduction
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Syllabus
1.Introduction
2.Syllabus
3.Study materials
4.Credit test, attendance
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Introduction
nJUDr. Tereza Kyselovská
nDepartment of Private and European Law, room no. 234
nConsultations – Tuesday 11.10 – 12.40
nTereza.Kyselovska@law.muni.cz
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Introduction
nOther languages – German, French, Spanish…
nSeminars, visiting foreign professors
nSocrates/Erasmus
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nVirtuální jazyková studovna https://vjs.muni.cz/
nPrávnická fakulta – Mezinárodní spolupráce
http://www.law.muni.cz/content/cs/mezinarodni-spoluprace/
nMasarykova univerzita www.muni.cz
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Syllabus
n3.10.   What is law, prescriptive and descriptive law, customs and laws
n10.10., 17.10. Sources of modern law,common law systems, continental systems
n24.10., 31.11. Civil and public law, main categories
n7.11. – 14.11. Judicial institutions, English courts
n21.11. – 28.11. Lawyers at work, education, range of work, legalese
n5.12.  Credit test
n12.12. Evaluation of the semestr
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Study materials - compulsory
nInteractive syllabi, study materials
nTexts, Vocabulary, Tests, Scans – Law Today
nChromá, Marta. New introduction to legal English. Volume I. Univerzita Karlova, 2007
nChromá, Marta. New introduction to legal English. Volume II. Univerzita Karlova, 2007
nChromá, Marta. English-Czech law dictionary. Leda, 1997.
nChromá, Marta. Czech -English law dictionary. Leda, 2001.
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Study materials - optional
nPowell, Richard. Law today. 1. ed. Harlow : Longman, 1993
nKrois-Lindner, Amy – Firth, Matt. Introduction to International Legal English. CUP, 2008.
nBlack, Henry Campbell. Blackův právnický slovník. Praha : Victoria Publishing, 1993.
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Study materials
nDictionaries
nChromá. English-Czech law dictionary, Czech -English law dictionary
nMacmillian. English Disctionar
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nOnline dictionaries – interactive tool
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Credit test, attendance
n5.12. 2011
1.10 translations Czech – English
2.10 translations English – Czech
3.3 definitions of legal terms
4.2 open questions
5.
nAttendance –1
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Optional
nOptional points
nPresentations
n„homeworks“
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What is law?
n„If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.“ Otto von Bismarck
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n„The law is what it is – a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on
another.“ John Gallsworthy
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n„Wherever the law ends, tyranny begins.“
n John Locke
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What is law?
n„There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning, no learning so excellent as knowledge of
laws.“ sir Edward Coke
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n„We must not make a scarecrow of the law. Setting it up to fear the birds of prey and let it keep
one shape ‘till custom make it their perch and not their terror.“
n William Shakespeare
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What is law?
n„Let all the laws be clear, uniform and precise. To interpret laws is almost always to corrupt
them.“ Voltaire
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n„Morality cannot be lagislated but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the
heart, but they can restrain the heartless.“ Martin Luther King
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n“Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.“ Thomas Fuller
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Law and Lawyers
nWilliam Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 2:
n„First thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.“
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Introduction to Legal English
nWrite down any English word connected to law  (e.g. legal, judge, attorney… ) and try to explain.
nThink about:
nLegal profession
nLegal expressions, terms in general
nDifferent types of law
nFaculty, university
n„Legal“ movies, series
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Introduction to legal English
Adjective + noun
Noun + noun
Adjective + noun
Verb + noun
Noun of noun
…            law
law …
legal  …
…          law
…      of law
Civil law
Law enforcement
Legal term
Apply law
Role of law
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Homework
nPowell. Law Today
nIntroduction to legal English, 1 What is law?, pp. 6 -13
nChromá I– Unit 1
nInteractive tool – 1 What is law? – vocabulary, tests
nFilling in
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