CM308Z Language I.3 - English for Lawyers

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Štěpánka Dillingerová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Alena Hradilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Barbora Chovancová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Hana Kallus, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radek Šimek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Radoslava Šopovová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Alena Hradilová, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: JUDr. Helena Sýkorová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CM308Z/01: Mon 22. 9. to Fri 19. 12. Thu 13:30–15:00 259, Thu 15:05–16:35 259
Prerequisites
The students are expected to have passed the previous courses in the first and the second terms of the first year - English for lawyers.
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, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to expose the students to various types of authentic legal texts - both oral and written.
Syllabus
  • Topics for authentic materials work, discussion and terminology acquisition:
  • Running a business, organization- types of companies,internal management, raising capital, termination of business
  • Powell:68-74, Chromá II: 215/1c, 217/3b, 218/4a, b, 219/5, 220/6, 241/1, 247/6, 249/7c Family law, nullification of marriage, divorce, rights of succession, protection of children
  • Powell:75-81, Chromá II:64/4a, 66/7, 68/8, 70/10 Law and consumers contracts between goods and services suppliers and consumers, exemption clauses, product liability Powell:82-87, Chromá II: 125/17, 126/1, 160/1 Employment law, employment rights, EU employment law
  • Powell:88-92, Chromá II: 87/1, 90/2b, c, 90/3, 92/5, 94/6a, b, 95/8, 101/12a, d Intellectual property, patents, copyrights trademarks, trade secrets,infringing copyright
  • Powell: 93-96, Chromá II: 173/7b, c, 174/a, b, c, 180/4, 185/C work with authentic materials
Literature
  • 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
  • Black's Law Dictionary (Orig.) : Blackův právnický slovník. Svazek 1, A-I : Blackův právnický slovník. Svazek 2, J-Z. info
  • English-Czech law dictionary : Anglicko-český právnický slovník [Chromá, 1995]. info
  • 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
  • POWELL, Richard. Law today. 1st ed. Harlow: Longman, 1993, 128 s. ISBN 0582056357. info
  • RILEY, Alison. English for law. 1. ed. London: Macmillan Press, 1991, xxiv, 256. ISBN 0-333-49387-7. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Výuka probíhá formou seminářů po dobu jednoho semestru. Hodinová dotace - 2 hod. přímé výuky týdně.Požadavky k zápočtu: aktivní účast v seminářích, docházka, test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://lingua.muni.cz
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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