MV313Z Language II.1. - English for Lawyers

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Štěpánka Dillingerová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radmila Doupovcová (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)
doc. JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Michal Smejkal, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radek Šimek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Radoslava Šopovová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Barbora Chovancová, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Lenka Pavlíková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Prerequisites
! CM111Z English for Lawyers && ! CM210Z English for Lawyers && ! CM308Z English for Lawyers && ! CM408Z Language I.4. - English for Lawyers && ! CM408Zk English for Lawyers && ! MP111Z English for Lawyers && ! MP210Z English for Lawyers && ! MP309Z English for Lawyers && ! MP409Z English for Lawyers I.4. && ! MP409Zk English for Lawyers I.4
The students are required to reach at least intermediate level of general English before they enter the course. All language skills will be practised with special focus on English for specific purposes and English for academic purposes.
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This term, students will learn to understand and apply basic legal terms in order to be able to describe the main features of continental and “common” law systems. They will learn to define and explain basic differences between civil and public law, describe legal institutions and English and Czech system of courts in the seminars. They will become familiar with different types of legal education and legal work. They will be able to recognize differences between legalese and plain English. Last but not least, they will be able understand the basics of law of contract and law of torts.
Syllabus
  • Theory of law,
  • basic terms in legal English,
  • modern law and its sources,
  • the differences and similarities between common law systems continental systems,
  • the differences and similarities between civil and public law,
  • judicial institutions, English and Czech systems of courts,
  • legal profession, education, differences in different countries,
  • legal language and plain English,
  • law of contract,
  • law of tort.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • CHROMÁ, Marta. Nový úvod do právnické angličtiny. 4th ed. V Praze: Karolinum, 2003, 562 s. ISBN 8024607204. info
  • CHROMÁ, Marta. Nový úvod do právnické angličtiny. 4th ed. V Praze: Karolinum, 2003, 554 s. ISBN 8024607387. info
  • CHROMÁ, Marta. Česko-anglický právnický slovník s vysvětlivkami : Czech-English law dictionary with explanations (Souběž.). 1. vyd. Praha: Leda, 2001, 478 s. ISBN 80-85927-90-X. info
  • CHROMÁ, Marta. English-czech law dictionary. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Leda, 1997, 341 s. ISBN 808592725X. info
  • KROIS-LINDNER, Amy and Matt FIRTH. Introduction to International Legal English. 1st ed. Cambridge: CUP, 2008. ISBN 9780521718998. URL info
  • BLACK, Henry Campbell, Joseph R. NOLAN and Jacqueline M. NOLAN-HALEY. Blackův právnický slovník. Translated by Vladimír Balaš. 6. vyd., v ČR 1. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1993, s. 768 - 1. ISBN 80-85605-23-6. info
  • BLACK, Henry Campbell, Joseph R. NOLAN and Jacqueline M. NOLAN-HALEY. Blackův právnický slovník. [2,] [J - Z]. Edited by Zdeněk Masopust, Translated by Vladimír Balaš. 6. vyd., v ČR 1. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1993, S.768 - 14. info
  • POWELL, Richard. Law today. 1st ed. Harlow: Longman, 1993, 128 s. ISBN 0582056357. info
  • KROIS-LINDNER, Amy and TRANSLEGAL. International Legal English. 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, 2011, 336 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-27945-1. info
Teaching methods
interactive language seminar
Assessment methods
Requirements: Active participation in class discussion, final written credit test (a translation, definitions and a short written text), students need to score at least 70% out of 59 points.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Jazyk II. je rozvrhově sloučen s Jazykem I.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://lingua.muni.cz
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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