MP406Zk Language I.4. - German for Lawyers

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Bc. Anna Kolářová, M.A. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Blanka Strážnická (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Eva Šrámková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Blanka Strážnická
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Lenka Pavlíková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Prerequisites
MP306Z German for Lawyers || CM306Z German for Lawyers
To be admitted to the German for Lawyers exam, the students are required to have completed a 4 semester course and acquired three credits.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_) (2)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV) (2)
Course objectives
Students will be able to use indirect speech in German legalese. At the end of the course students will be able to talk about issues of European and International law (e. g. European Union, UNHCR, United Nations, The European Convention on Human Rights). At the end of the course, students will be able to use clear and precise language in order to discuss specific topics. Students will sit a mock test as designed for the Impact project.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to talk about issues of European and International law (e. g. European Union, UNHCR, United Nations, The European Convention on Human Rights). At the end of the course, students will be able to use clear and precise language in order to discuss specific topics.Students will be able to use indirect speech in German legalese.
Syllabus
  • Topics for reading comprehension, discussion and terminology 1. Indirect speech in German legalese 2. The European Union - ten historic steps, key dates in the history of European integration, a citizens´ Europe 3. The European Union - EU institutions and bodies, regulations, directives and other acts, EU treaties 4. The European Union - the single market, consumer policy 5. The European Union - economic and monetary union, the euro 6. The Council of Europe 7. The United Nations 8. Asylum procedure 9. Labour migration 10.UNHCR 11.European Court for Human Rights, The European Convention on Human Rights 12.Final course Requirements for the exam in German for Lawyers I Written part: 90 minutes (listening, reading, grammar and vocabulary, writing) Oral part: Presentation of a selected court case of your own choice. The presentation must meet the criteria that will be set in the Interactive Syllabus of the course.
Literature
    required literature
  • https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/law/jaro2022/MV613Zk/index.qwarp
    recommended literature
  • Horálková, Milena - Linhartová, Hana - Henkel, Brigitta. Němčina pro právníky. Plzeň 2005. 1. vyd. ISBN 80-86898-16-4.
  • Simon, Heike - Funk-Baker, Gisela. Einführung in das deutsche Recht und die deutsche Rechtssprache. München : C.H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2006. ISBN 3-406--53712-X.
  • HORÁLKOVÁ, Milena. Německo-český právnický slovník [Leda, 2003] : Deutsch-tschechisch Rechts-wörterbuch (Orig.). Vyd. 1. Voznice: Leda, 2003, 382 s. ISBN 80-7335-019-X. info
    not specified
  • CREIFELDS, Carl. Rechtswörterbuch. Edited by Dieter Guntz - Klaus Weber. 16., neubearb. Aufl. München: C.H. Beck, 2000, xvii, 1662. ISBN 3406464114. info
Teaching methods
Interactive language seminar, analysis of legal texts, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, independent speaking
Assessment methods
The course is taught in the form of seminars. At the end of the seminar students are required to write a short formal letter. The exam consists of a written and oral part. Students have to pass the written part before they are allowed to take the oral part.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Předmět je ukončen zápočtovým testem a zkouškou.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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