PrF:CM111Z English for Lawyers - Course Information
CM111Z Language I.1 - English for Lawyers
Faculty of LawAutumn 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)
Mgr. Markéta Oplatková Plocková (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 - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- CM111Z/T01: Tue 24. 9. to Fri 20. 12. Tue 10:00–11:55 Učebna S9 (55), M. Oplatková Plocková, Nepřihlašuje se. Určeno pro studenty se zdravotním postižením.
CM111Z/01: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. Wed 13:30–15:00 025, R. Šimek
CM111Z/02: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. Wed 15:05–16:35 315, H. Kallus
CM111Z/03: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. Fri 8:00–9:30 129, R. Doupovcová
CM111Z/04: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. Fri 8:00–9:30 315, Š. Dillingerová
CM111Z/05: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. Fri 9:35–11:05 315, Š. Dillingerová
CM111Z/06: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. Fri 8:00–9:30 126, R. Šimek
CM111Z/07: No timetable has been entered into IS. Š. Dillingerová - Prerequisites
- !NOWANY( CM108Z German for Lawyers )
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.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
- 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.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Je vyžadována nejméně středně pokročilá úroveň na úrovni maturity na gymnáziu - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
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MV510Z && !CM111Z && !CM210Z && !CM308Z && !CM408Z && !CM408Zk && !MP111Z && !MP210Z && !MP309Z && !MP409Z && !MP409Zk
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- Teacher's information
- http://lingua.muni.cz
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2013, recent)
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