PrF:MV214Zk Latin For Lawyers II - Course Information
MV214Zk Latin For Lawyers II - Beginners
Faculty of LawSpring 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Kamila Novotná (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Kamila Novotná
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Lenka Pavlíková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- MV214Zk/01: Mon 4. 3. to Fri 24. 5. Tue 10:00–11:40 133, K. Novotná
MV214Zk/02: Mon 4. 3. to Fri 24. 5. Wed 10:00–11:40 020, K. Novotná - Prerequisites
- MV117Z Latin for Lawyers I && ! MV214K Latin For Lawyers II
The students are supposed to have acquired credit assigned to previous course in Latin for Lawyers, Beginners MV117Z. - 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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 21/60, only registered: 2/60 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to introduce law students into the system of Latin morphology and the rudiments of syntax so that they could read simple Latin texts and look up any Latin legal term.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the student will be able to: - Understand legal expressions and interpret them. - Translate and interpret Latin sentences and classical Latin legal texts. - Analyze word formation in Latin words, including phonological changes. - Understand and actively use internationalisms of Latin origin.
- Syllabus
- 1. Revision of the system of latin noun and adjective declination. Demonstrative pronouns. Indefinite pronoun formation. Translation. 2. Comparison of the system “present“in individual conjugations – revision. Interrogative and relative pronouns. Legal phrases. 3. Main latin sources of law. Future tense I. Conversion of parts of speech II. 4. Cardinal and ordinal numerals. Greek and latin numerals and expressions of amount in internacionalism. Translation of a text. 5. Adverb formation and gradation – regular. Irregular verbs velle, nolle. 6. Adjective and adverbs gradation. Historical quotations. 7. Translation of a text. Irregular verbs ferre, ire. 8. “Participium prezens“ active in a construction of “ablative absolute“. 9. Indicatives and conjuncts sequence in latin. Translation. 10. Conjuncts of “imperfectum“ and “prezens“ of irregular verbs. Present conjuncts in subordinate sentences. Legal phrases III. 11. Case syntax – summary. Frequency in legal and general statements. 12. Forms of perfect stem. Text analysis and translation.
- Literature
- required literature
- ŠEDOVÁ, Marie a Marta SEVEROVÁ. Latina pro právníky. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, ISBN 978-80-210-3805-9. a další dotisky.
- Teaching methods
- An interactive language seminar with home preparation based on the instructions in the Interactive syllabus (IS MUNI).
- Assessment methods
- Fulfilling the following requirements: attendance and active work in the seminar, including home preparation tasks (50%), passing a final written test (30%) and oral examination (20%).
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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