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

   2. semestr, akademický rok 2005 -2006

   

   Week 1

   27. 2. -- 3. 3.

   

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

   

   Literature:

   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 I: U10, U11

   

   Week 2

   6. -- 10. 3.

   Contracts

   

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

   Powell: 38-44

   Chromá I: U10, U11

   

   Weeks 3 and 4

   13. -- 24. 3.

   

   Criminal law

   

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

   Powell: 45-50

   Chromá II: U22

   

   Weeks 5 and 6

   27. 3. -- 7. 4.

   

   Torts

   

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

   Powell: 51-56

   Chromá II: U13, U14

   

   Weeks 7 and 8

   10. -- 21. 4.

   

   Trusts

   

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

   Powell: 57-60

   

   

   Weeks 9 and 10

   24. 4. -- 5. 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

   Chromá I: U8

   

   Weeks 11 and 12

   9. -- 19. 5.

   

   Authentic materials

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

   Credit tests, Credits