MV616Zk Language II.4. - French for Lawyers

Faculty of Law
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Sedláčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniela Veškrnová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kateřina Sedláčková, 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
MV616Zk/01: No timetable has been entered into IS. D. Veškrnová
Prerequisites
MV516Z French for Lawyers && ! MP109Z French for Lawyers && ! MP208Z French For Lawyers I.2. && ! MP307Z French for Lawyers && ! MP407Z French for Lawyers I.4. && ! MP407Zk French for Lawyers
The students are supposed to have attended and passed successfully three semesters of the course French for Lawyers II.1, II.2, II.3.
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 16 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/16, only registered: 0/16
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The main objectives can be summarized as follows: - to be introduced to legal French - to learn specific features of the French administrative and legal system, to get new knowledge and new communicative competences and oral skills, in particular understanding both written and spoken texts. - end of the course students will be able to understand texts on specific topics and explain the key concepts in the following areas: Human Rights - History and Current Situation, Mechanism for Human Rights Protection. They will be able to use this information in discussions on specific topics, to explain and to support their arguments. Using acquired knowledge students will be able to interpret unknown texts. Students will sit a mock test as designed for the Impact project.
Syllabus
  • Exploring and working with the texts relating to the following fields: Modern French Landmark Case Law. International Human Rights - Declaration, History and Current Situation, Mechanism for Human Rights Protection, Judicature, Practice of the courts, translation and analysis. Lexis and grammar of the language for specific purposes.
Teaching methods
interactive language seminar
Assessment methods
The course is taught in the form of seminars. It is ended by a an examination consisting of a written part and an oral part. Examination admittance requirements: - attendance and active participation in seminars (80%) Examination: - written part – innovating test Impact KA4 (listening, reading, writing, grammar, terminology - oral part – explication and discussion on legal topics Topics for examination: Administrative Organisation in France, The President and Government, The Parliament, Elections, Essential Concepts in Law and Civil Law, Family Law, Organisation of Judiciary in France, Administrative Judiciary, Common Judiciary, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Familly Law, Business Law, Contract, Human Rights, Refugee Law.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Nutno absolvovat 1. semestr výuky francouzštiny pro právníky.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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