Angličtina pro právníky I.2 / English for Lawyers I.2

                               2. semestr, akademický rok 2006 - 2007



   

   Week 1

   26. 2. – 2. 3.

   

   Credit requirements: active participation in class, attendance, credit test (2 topic based
   questions, 3 definitions, terminology translation)

   

   Literature:

   Chromá, Marta. New Introduction to Legal English, Volume I.: Karolinum, 2003.

   Chromá, Marta. New introduction to legal English, Volume II.: Karolinum, 2003.

   Chromá, Marta. English-czech law dictionary : Anglicko-český právnický slovník: Leda, 1997.

   Chromá, Marta. Czech-English law dictionary with explanations : Česko-anglický právnický
   slovník s vysvětlivkami: Leda, 2001.

   Powell, Richard. Law Today. Longman, 1993.

   Contracts

   - various types of contracts, essential elements, damages, other remedies:

   Powell: 38-44

   Chromá I: Units 10 - 11

   

   

   Week 2

   5. – 9. 3.

   Contracts

   - different types of contracts, essential elements, damages, other remedies:

   Powell: 38-44

   Chromá I: Units 10 - 11

   

   Weeks 3 and 4

   12. – 23. 3.

   Criminal law

   - what is a crime, elements of proof, defenses, types of crime:

   Powell: 45-50

   Chromá II: Unit 20

   

   Weeks 5 and 6

   26. 3. – 6. 4.

   Torts

   - requirements of proof, comparison with crimes, comparison with broken contracts:

   Powell: 51-56

   Chromá II: Units 13 - 14

   

   

   Weeks 7 and 8

   9. – 20. 4.

   Trusts

   - different types of trusts, enforcers and administrators, requirements:

   Powell: 57-60

   

   

   Weeks 9 and 10

   23. 4. – 4. 5.

   Land law

   - complexity of land law, estate in English law, legal interests, land transfer, short term
   possession, regulation of private and public land:

   Powell: 61-67

   Chromá I: Unit 8

   

   Weeks 11 and 12

   7. – 18. 5.

   Authentic materials

   Analysis of typical features of legal texts - definitions, legalese, syntactic and lexical
   difficulties

   Credit tests, Credits