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Introduction
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1.Introduction
2.Syllabus
3.Study materials
4.Credit test, attendance
5.How to make a research
6.Legal sources, databases
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Introduction
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nTereza Kyselovská
nDepartment of Private and European Law, room no. 234
nMonday 13.30 – 15.05
nTereza.kyselovska@law.muni.cz
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nOther languages – www.muni.cz

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Syllabus
n4.10.   What is law, prescriptive and descriptive law, customs and laws
n11.10., 18.10. Sources of modern law,common law systems, continental systems
n25.10., 1.11. Civil and public law, main categories
n8.11. – 15.11. Judicial institutions, English courts
n22.11. – 29.11. Lawyers at work, education, range of work, legalese
n6.12.  Credit test
n13.12. Evaluation of the semestr, presentations
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Study materials
nInteractive tool, study materials
nTexts
nVocabulary
nTests
nScans – Law Today
nChromá, Marta. New introduction to legal English. Volume I. Univerzita Karlova, 2007
nChromá, Marta. New introduction to legal English. Volume II. Univerzita Karlova, 2007
nPowell, Richard. Law today. 1. ed. Harlow : Longman, 1993
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Study materials
nDictionaries
nChromá. English-Czech law dictionary, Czech -English law dictionary
nMacmillian. English Disctionar
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nOnline dictionaries – interactive tool
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Credit test, attendance
n6.12. 2010
1.10 translations Czech – English
2.10 translations English – English
3.3 definitions of legal terms
4.2 open questions
5.
nAttendance –1
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How to make a research
nBooks
nArticles
nperiodicals
ncollections of conference contributions
nelectronic databases
nTheses and diploma works
nLaw texts
nnational laws
ninternational treaties
nEuropean laws
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nBooks
nKrois-Lindner, A. International Legal English. A course for classroom or self-study use. -> ILEC
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nGubby. H. English Legal Terminology: Legal Concepts in Language. Hague: Boom Jurisdische
Uitgevers, 2007.
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How to make a research
nLanguage study room – Žerotínovo nám. 617/9
nMasaryk University Libraries
nE-databases
nElportal, E-learning
nPortal of Electronic Information Sources
nOffice for International Studies
nEuropean Law, judiciary
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nMasaryk University Libraries
nwww.aleph.muni.cz
nBooks, articles
nList of foreign/Czech journals,
nTheses
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nE-databases
1.Czech databases
2.Foreign full text law databases
nwww.law.muni.cz
nBeck-online
nHeinOnline
nKluwer Law Online
nOxford Journals
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nElportal, E-learning
nhttp://is.muni.cz/elportal/
nE-publikace
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nPortal of Electronic Information Sources
nwww.muni.cz
nhttp://library.muni.cz/ezdroje/index.php?lang=en
nFull texts of articles and other useful links
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Other useful links
nOffice for International Studies
nhttp://czs.muni.cz/cz/out/home
nSocrates/Erasmus, inetrnational exchange programes
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nMasaryk University Language Centre
nhttp://lingua.muni.cz/en/
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nhttp://books.google.com/
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Introduction to legal English
nWrite down any English word connected to law  (e.g. legal, judge, attorney… ) and try to explain
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nDo you know any legal profession?
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Introduction to legal English
Adjective + noun
Noun + noun
Adjective + noun
Verb + noun
Noun of noun
…            law
law …
legal  …
…          law
…      of law
Civil law
Law enforcement
Legal term
Apply law
Role of law
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What is law?
n„If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.“
n Otto von Bismarck
n„The law is what it is – a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on
another.“
n John Gallsworthy
n„Wherever the law ends, tyranny begins.“
n John Locke
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What is law?
n„There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning, no learning so excellent as knowledge of
laws.“
n sir Edward Coke
n„We must not make a scarecrow of the law. Setting it up to fear the birds of prey and let it keep
one shape ‘till custom make it their perch and not their terror.“
n William Shakespeare
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What is law?
n„Let all the laws be clear, uniform and precise. To interpret laws is almost always to corrupt
them.“ Voltaire
n„Morality cannot be lagislated but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the
heart, but they can restrain the heartless.“ Martin Luther King
n“Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.“ Thomas Fuller
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Homework
nPowell. Law Today
nIntroduction to legal English, 1 What is law?, pp. 6 -13
nChromá – Unit 1
nInteractive tool – 1 What is law? – vocabulary, tests
nFilling in
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