Angličtina pro právníky

                                             2. semestr

                                  JS akademického roku 2003 - 2004

   

   Weeks 1 and 2:

   1. 3. -- 5. 3. 

   8. 3. -- 12. 3.

   

   Introduction - credit requirements: active participation in class, attendance, written test

   literature, textbooks, worksheets in Self-Access, dictionaries, test structure (2 topic based
   content questions, 3 definitions, terminology 10 E-Cz, 10 Cz-E)

   

   Compulsory literature:

   Richard Powell, Law Today, Longman 1993

   Marta Chromá, Thomas Coats, Introduction to Legal English. Vol. I, II. Karolinum, 2001, resp.
   1998, or 2003

   Marta Chromá, Anglicko-český právnický slovník, Leda, Praha 1995

   Marta Chromá, Česko-anglický právnický slovník, Leda, Praha 2001

   

   Recommended literature:

   Henry Campbell Black, M.A. Blackův pravnický slovník (I.-II.), West Publishing Co. USA, 1990

   Praha 1996, resp. 1998

   Alison Riley, English for Law, Macmillan, London 1990

   

   n    aims of the course in the 2^nd term

   n    collocations with law and legal in texts

   n    paraphrase and summary (repetition of useful phrases: deal with, be concerned with,
   consider, divide, comprise, consist of, include)

   n    lexis

   n    repetition of U 1 - 5

   

   Contracts (U6)

  Different types of contracts, essential elements, damages, other remedies

   n    terminology, reading comprehension, discussion, writing

   n    work with authentic materials

   

   Powell: 38 -- 44

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

   Chromá I (nová): 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:  Criminal law (U7)

   15.3. - 19.3.

   22.3. - 26.3.

   What is a crime, Elements of proof, defenses, types of crime

   Study skills - reading, skimming the text, paraphrase and summary, expression opinion,
   ordering

   n    forming questions, structures: -ing + nouns, prep + - ing, adj., noun + -ing

   n    worksheets

   n    lexis

   

   Powell: 45 -- 50

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

   Chromá II (nová): 274/3,4; 275/5; 275/6 -text + 276/7; 276/9; 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: Torts (U8)

   29.3. - 2.4.

   5.4. - 9.4.

   Requirements of proof. Reporting and presentation of entries, using Black´s Dictionary of Law.

   Comparison with crimes, comparison with broken contracts

   Definitions (structure: to concern + object, to be concerned with)

   

   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

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

   

   Weeks 7 and 8: Trusts (U9)

   12.4. - 16.4.

   19.4. - 23.4.

   Different types of trusts. Enforcers and administrators. Requirements.

   Difficulties of Legal texts: syntactic and lexical.

   

                                          Powell: 57 - 60

   

   Weeks 9 and 10: Land Law (U10)

   26.4. -- 30.4.

   3.5.  - 7.5.

   Complexity of Land law. Estate in English law. Legal interests. Land transfer. Short-term
   possession. Regulation of private and public land.

   Structuring the text, paragraphing and its function in legal text.

   Reading for main ideas, paraphrasing, lexis.

   

                                          Powell: 61 - 67

   

   Week 11:Credit tests

   10.5 - 14.5.

   

   Week 12:Authentic materials, credits

   17.5 - 21.5.

   Samples of authentic materials (legal), newspaper articles dealing with legal topics,
   internet, video etc.