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

   2. semestr, akademický rok 2004 -2005

   

   Week 1

   28. 2. -- 4. 3.

   

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

   

   Literature:

   Chromá, Marta - Coats, Thomas. Introduction to legal English. Volume I: Univerzita Karlova,
   2002.

   Chromá, Marta - Coats, Thomas. Introduction to legal English. Volume II: Univerzita Karlova,
   2002.

   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

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

   Powell: 38-44

   Chromá II: 114/3, 116/6, 119/10, 121/13, 122/14, 123/15, 124/16, 142/1a, 149/9a, b

   nebo Chromá I (nová - 2003): 361/8, 9, 365/18, 19, 20, 372/33, 373/37, 374/39, 40, 376/43, 45,
   396/3, 405/30 - text + 406/31iii, 32

   

   

   Week 2

   7. -- 11. 3.

   Contracts

   

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

   Powell: 38-44

   Chromá II: 114/3, 116/6, 119/10, 121/13, 122/14, 123/15, 124/16, 142/1a, 149/9a, b

   nebo Chromá I (nová - 2003): 361/8, 9, 365/18, 19, 20, 372/33, 373/37, 374/39, 40, 376/43, 45,
   396/3, 405/30 - text + 406/31iii, 32

   

   Weeks 3 and 4

   14. -- 25. 3.

   

   Criminal law

   

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

   Powell: 45-50

   Chromá II: 7/1a, b, 8/2a, 9/3, 13/7, 14/8, 15/9, 17/10, 17/11, 20/13

   nebo Chomá II (nová - 2003): 274/3, 4, 275/5, 6, 276/7, 9, 277/10, 11, 12, 283/28, 284/29, 30,
   31, 291/44 - text + 293/45, 46, 293/47-51, 297/55

   

   Weeks 5 and 6

   28. 3. -- 8. 4.

   

   Torts

   

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

   Powell: 51-56

   Chromá I: 266/1, 267/2, 267/3, 269/6, 269/8, 270/9, 277/19, 280/23, 281/25, 304/8

   nebo Chromá II (nová - 2003): 13/9-10, 15/12, 16/15, 17/17, 19/19, 20, 29/37, 32/42, 33/44,
   45, 55/20

   

   

   Weeks 7 and 8

   11. -- 22. 4.

   

   Trusts

   

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

   Powell: 57-60

   

   

   Weeks 9 and 10

   25. 4. -- 6. 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

   

   Weeks 11 and 12

   9. -- 20. 5.

   

   Authentic materials

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

   Credit tests, Credits