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

                              2. semestr, akademický rok 2010 - 2011



Week 1

28.2. – 4.3.


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


Literature:

Literatura:

Povinná:

Studijní materiály v IS MU složka Compulsory literature

Chromá, Marta. Anglicko-český právnický slovník. English-Czech law dictionary. Leda, 1997.

Chromá, Marta.  Česko-anglický právnický slovník. Czech -English law dictionary. Leda, 2001.

Chromá, Marta. New introduction to legal English. Volume II. Univerzita Karlova, 2003 nebo 2007.

Chromá, Marta. New introduction to legal English. Volume I. Univerzita Karlova, 2003 nebo 2007.

Doporučená:

Powell, Richard. Law today. 1. ed. Harlow : Longman, 1993.

Riley, Alison. English for law. London : Macmillan Press, 1991.

Black, Henry Campbell. Blackův právnický slovník. Praha : Victoria Publishing, 1993.


Contracts

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

Powell: 38-44

Chromá I: Units 10 - 11



Week 2

7. – 11. 3.

Contracts

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

Powell: 38-44

Chromá I: Units 10 - 11


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: Unit 20


Weeks 5 and 6

28.3. – 8. 4.

Torts

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

Powell: 51-56

Chromá II: Units 13 - 14



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

Chromá I: Unit 8


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