PrF:MV313Z English for Lawyers II.1. - Course Information
MV313Z Language II.1. - English for Lawyers
Faculty of LawAutumn 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Štěpánka Dillingerová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radmila Doupovcová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Alena Hradilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Barbora Chovancová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Hana Kallus, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radek Šimek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Radoslava Šopovová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Věra Hromádková (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Barbora Chovancová, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Lenka Pavlíková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- MV313Z/01: No timetable has been entered into IS. B. Chovancová
MV313Z/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. B. Chovancová
MV313Z/03: No timetable has been entered into IS. B. Chovancová
MV313Z/04: No timetable has been entered into IS. V. Hromádková
MV313Z/05: No timetable has been entered into IS. V. Hromádková
MV313Z/06: No timetable has been entered into IS. B. Chovancová
MV313Z/07: No timetable has been entered into IS. H. Kallus
MV313Z/08: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Šimek
MV313Z/09: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Šimek
MV313Z/10: No timetable has been entered into IS. H. Kallus
MV313Z/11: No timetable has been entered into IS. B. Chovancová
MV313Z/12: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Doupovcová
MV313Z/13: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Doupovcová
MV313Z/14: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Šimek
MV313Z/15: No timetable has been entered into IS. V. Hromádková
MV313Z/16: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Šimek
MV313Z/17: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Šopovová
MV313Z/18: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Šopovová
MV313Z/19: No timetable has been entered into IS. B. Chovancová
MV313Z/20: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Doupovcová
MV313Z/21: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Doupovcová
MV313Z/22: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Doupovcová
MV313Z/23: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Šopovová
MV313Z/24: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Šimek
MV313Z/25: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Šimek
MV313Z/26: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Šopovová
MV313Z/27: No timetable has been entered into IS. Š. Dillingerová - Prerequisites
- ! CM111Z English for Lawyers && ! CM210Z English for Lawyers && ! CM308Z English for Lawyers && ! CM408Z Language I.4. - English for Lawyers && ! CM408Zk English for Lawyers && ! MP111Z English for Lawyers && ! MP210Z English for Lawyers && ! MP309Z English for Lawyers && ! MP409Z English for Lawyers I.4. && ! MP409Zk English for Lawyers I.4 && !NOWANY( MP111Z English for Lawyers )
The students are required to reach at least intermediate level of general English before they enter the course. All language skills will be practised with special focus on English for specific purposes and English for academic purposes. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Public Administration Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
- Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
- Course objectives
- This term, students will learn to understand and apply basic legal terms in order to be able to describe the main features of continental and “common” law systems. They will learn to define and explain basic differences between civil and public law, describe legal institutions and English and Czech system of courts in the seminars. They will become familiar with different types of legal education and legal work. They will be able to recognize differences between legalese and plain English. Last but not least, they will be able understand the basics of law of contract.
- Learning outcomes
- After finishing this course, students will be able to use legal terms efficiently (e.g.Common law, Continental law), use the language of comparison (e.g. civil and public law), define legal terms (e.g. in the area of law of contract), identify Legalese and Plain English, and clearly describe different legal professions in English.
- Syllabus
- Theory of law,
- basic terms in legal English,
- modern law and its sources,
- the differences and similarities between common law systems continental systems,
- the differences and similarities between civil and public law,
- judicial institutions, English and Czech systems of courts,
- legal profession, education, differences in different countries,
- legal language and plain English,
- law of contract.
- Literature
- required literature
- https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1422/podzim2016/MP111Z/um/
- recommended literature
- KROIS-LINDNER, Amy and TRANSLEGAL. International Legal English. 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, 2011, 336 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-27945-1. info
- CHROMÁ, Marta. Česko-anglický právnický slovník s vysvětlivkami : Czech-English law dictionary with explanations (Souběž.). 1. vyd. Praha: Leda, 2001, 478 s. ISBN 80-85927-90-X. info
- CHROMÁ, Marta. Nový úvod do právnické angličtiny. 4th ed. V Praze: Karolinum, 2003, 562 s. ISBN 8024607204. info
- CHROMÁ, Marta. Nový úvod do právnické angličtiny. 4th ed. V Praze: Karolinum, 2003, 554 s. ISBN 8024607387. info
- CHROMÁ, Marta. English-czech law dictionary. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Leda, 1997, 341 s. ISBN 808592725X. info
- KROIS-LINDNER, Amy and Matt FIRTH. Introduction to International Legal English. 1st ed. Cambridge: CUP, 2008. ISBN 9780521718998. URL info
- Teaching methods
- interactive language seminar
- Assessment methods
- Requirements: Active participation in class discussion, submitting a written assignment, final written credit test (a translation, definitions and a short written text), students need to score at least 70% out of 59 points.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Podmínkou započtení jako PVP je absolvování a ukončení předmětu ve všech jeho částech (zápočet a zkouška).
The course is taught annually.
General note: Jazyk II. je rozvrhově sloučen s Jazykem I. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Teacher's information
- http://law.cjv.muni.cz/
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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