MV214Zk Latin For Lawyers II - Beginners

Faculty of Law
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kamila Novotná (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kamila Novotná
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
MV214Zk/01: Mon 25. 2. to Fri 17. 5. Tue 10:00–11:40 124, K. Novotná
MV214Zk/02: Mon 25. 2. to Fri 17. 5. Wed 10:00–11:40 126, K. Novotná
MV214Zk/03: Mon 25. 2. to Fri 17. 5. Tue 14:00–15:40 316, K. Novotná
MV214Zk/04: No timetable has been entered into IS. K. Novotná
Prerequisites
MV117Z Latin for Lawyers I && ! MV214K Latin For Lawyers II
The students are supposed to have acquired credit assigned to previous course in Latin for Lawyers, Beginners MV117Z.
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce law students into the system of Latin morphology and the rudiments of syntax so that they could read simple Latin texts and look up any Latin legal term.
Syllabus
  • 1. Revision of the system of latin noun and adjective declination. Demonstrative pronouns. Indefinite pronoun formation. Translation. 2. Comparison of the system “present“in individual conjugations – revision. Interrogative and relative pronouns. Legal phrases. 3. Main latin sources of law. Future tense I. Conversion of parts of speech II. 4. Cardinal and ordinal numerals. Greek and latin numerals and expressions of amount in internacionalism. Translation of a text. 5. Adverb formation and gradation – regular. Irregular verbs velle, nolle. 6. Adjective and adverbs gradation. Historical quotations. 7. Translation of a text. Irregular verbs ferre, ire. 8. “Participium prezens“ active in a construction of “ablative absolute“. 9. Indicatives and conjuncts sequence in latin. Translation. 10. Conjuncts of “imperfectum“ and “prezens“ of irregular verbs. Present conjuncts in subordinate sentences. Legal phrases III. 11. Case syntax – summary. Frequency in legal and general statements. 12. Forms of perfect stem. Text analysis and translation.
Literature
    required literature
  • ŠEDOVÁ, Marie and Marta SEVEROVÁ. Latina pro právníky. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. 210 s. ISBN 8021003308. 1993. info
    not specified
  • nové vydání: 2008, ISBN 978-80-210-3805-9.
Teaching methods
Interactive language seminar
Assessment methods
Requirements: Active participation in class discussion, final written credit test - the translation of a coherent Latin text using the dictionnary (Students have to score more than 60%) and oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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