MV612Z Language II.4 - English For Lawyers

Faculty of Law
Spring 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Štěpánka Dillingerová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Hana Forest, Ph.D. (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)
Dr. Michael Svoboda, B.A. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radek Šimek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Radoslava Šopovová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Alena Hradilová, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: JUDr. Helena Sýkorová
Prerequisites
The students are expected to finalize the work done in previous terms. The aim of the course is to expose the students to various types of authentic legal texts - both written and oral.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to expose the students to various types of authentic legal texts - both written and oral.
Syllabus
  • Freedom of speech and expression Powell: 97-103 The rights of citizens Powell: 104-108 Chromá I: 200/2, 203/5, 206/11, 208/2, 225/2, 227/2, 235/2, 5, 237/8, 11, 239/14a, 259/2 Human rights Powell: 109-114 Chromá II: 314/1a, c, 316/2a, c, 318/3a, b, c, 321/4a, c Enforcing the law Powell: 115-120 Chromá II: 47/9a, b, 48/10a, b Internationalization and Europeanization of the law Powell: 121-126 Chromá II: 267/1a, b, 268/2a, b, 270/3a, 271/4a, 272/5, 273/6a, b, 275/7a, b, 277/8a, 292/1a, 293/2a, b, 295/3a, c, 296/4a, c, d, 298/5a, b, 299/6a, b, 301/8a Work with authentic materials Academic skills - presentations either written or oral
Literature
  • CHROMÁ, Marta and Thomas COATS. Úvod do právnické angličtiny. 2. doplněné vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1998, 368 stran. ISBN 807184697X. info
  • CHROMÁ, Marta and Thomas COATS. Úvod do právnické angličtiny. 2. doplněné vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1998, 378 stran. ISBN 8071845876. info
  • CHROMÁ, Marta. English-czech law dictionary. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Leda, 1997, 341 s. ISBN 808592725X. info
  • POWELL, Richard. Law Today. 1993rd ed. London: Longman, 1993. info
  • CHROMÁ, Marta. Supplementary texts and English-Czech law dictionary. Praha: Karolinum, 1993, 357 s. ISBN 80-7066-804-0. info
  • Black's law dictionary : definitions of the terms and phrases of American and English jurisprudence, ancient and modern (Orig.) : Blackův právnický slovník. [1. svazek], [A - I] : Blackův právnický slovník. [2. svazek], [J - Z]. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
At the end of this term, students are expected to sit for an examination which has two parts - oral and written. See more on MV612Zk.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Jazyk II. je rozvrhově sloučen s Jazykem I.
Teacher's information
http://lingua.muni.cz
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2003, recent)
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