CM408Zk Language I.4. - English for Lawyers

Faculty of Law
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Štěpánka Dillingerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Alena Hradilová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Barbora Chovancová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Hana Kallus, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Radek Šimek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Radoslava Šopovová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Alena Hradilová, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: JUDr. Helena Sýkorová
Prerequisites
(NOW( CM408Z Language I.4. - English for Lawyers ) || CM408Z Language I.4. - English for Lawyers ) && CM308Z English for Lawyers
The students are expected to show their command of English in writing as well as orally. They are expected to reach at least upper intermediate level or higher and present their academic skills and to show their legal English expertise.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Examination consists of two parts: written and oral. Written part: 45 minutes - controlled cloze test (in the first part deleted expressions will be given in Czech and students will translate them to stuit 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 Oral part: text - reading, summary, comments and discussion discussion related to the topic chosen conversation topic - Law studies, Faculty of law, Masaryk university terminology based on texts in Law Today 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 consumers, Employment law, Intellectual property, Freedom of speech and expression, The rights of citizens, Human rights, Enforcing the law, EU institutions and legislation
Syllabus
  • Examination consists of two parts: written and oral. Written part: 45 minutes - controlled cloze test (in the first part deleted expressions will be given in Czech and students will translate them to stuit 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 Oral part: text - reading, summary, comments and discussion discussion related to the topic chosen conversation topic - Law studies, Faculty of law, Masaryk university terminology based on texts in Law Today 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 consumers, Employment law, Intellectual property, Freedom of speech and expression, The rights of citizens, Human rights, Enforcing the law, EU institutions and legislation
Literature
  • CHROMÁ, Marta and Thomas COATS. Úvod do právnické angličtiny. 2. doplněné vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1998, 368 stran. ISBN 807184697X. info
  • CHROMÁ, Marta and Thomas COATS. Úvod do právnické angličtiny. 2. doplněné vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1998, 378 stran. ISBN 8071845876. info
  • CHROMÁ, Marta. English-czech law dictionary. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Leda, 1997, 341 s. ISBN 808592725X. info
  • CHROMÁ, Marta. Supplementary texts and English-Czech law dictionary. Praha: Karolinum, 1993, 357 s. ISBN 80-7066-804-0. 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
  • POWELL, Richard. Law Today. 1993rd ed. London: Longman, 1993. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
This is the final term of a four term course of English for lawyers. At the end of this term, students are expected to sit for an examination which has two parts - oral and written. See more on MP422Zk.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://lingua.muni.cz
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
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