MV418Zk Language II.2. - 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)
Ing. Boris Janča (assistant)
Ing. Lenka Matyášová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PaedDr. Mgr. Pavla Kellnerová
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Magdalena Kunzová
Prerequisites
MV319Z French for Lawyers && ! MP109Z French for Lawyers && ! MP208Z French For Lawyers I.2. && ! MP307Z French for Lawyers && ! MP407Z French for Lawyers I.4. && ! MP407Zk French for Lawyers
The students are supposed to have attended and passed successfully first semester of the course in Language II.1 - French for Lawyers.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 16 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/16, only registered: 0/16
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 : Family Law, Judiciary in France, Administrative Courts, Common Courts, Civil Procedure, Judicature - Comparisons, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure. Lexis and grammar of the language for specific purposes. 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: Family Law, Judiciary in France, Administrative Courts, Common Courts, Civil Procedure, Judicature - Comparisons, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure.
Literature
  • Šedová, Marie. Cahier d'exercices de grammaire pour les juristes. 1. vyd. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 1995. 62 s. ISBN 80-210-1208-0.
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, Essential Concepts in Law and Civil Law, Family Law, Organisation of Judiciary in France, Administrative Judiciary, Common Judiciary, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Nutno absolvovat první semestr výuky francouzštiny pro právníky.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010.
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