Legal English - AAA500175

• Title: Legal English
• Guaranteed by: Department of the English Language and ELT Methodology (21-UAJD)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2019
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / 12 (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Additional information: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=8738
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Mgr. Eva Dvořáková
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Eva Dvořáková

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Eva Dvořáková (31.01.2022)

The course aims to present elementary legal terminology from the main branches of law. Focusing on the practical skills, it should help students better understand legal texts, improve their translation skills (also by showing the available sources of terminology) and expand their vocabulary.

Course completion requirements

Last update: Mgr. Eva Dvořáková (31.01.2022)

Active participation in seminars (up to 3 absences)

Final test at the end of the semester

 

Literature

Last update: Mgr. Eva Dvořáková (31.01.2022)

(all compulsory texts will be provided via Moodle)

Voluntary:

CHROMÁ, Marta. Introduction to Legal English 2020. / CHROMÁ, Marta. New introduction to legal English: revised edition / Marta Chromá, Jana Dvořáková, Sean W. Davidson. 2011.

CHROMÁ, Marta. Právní překlad v teorii a praxi: nový občanský zákoník Marta Chromá. 2014.

 

Syllabus

Last update: Mgr. Eva Dvořáková (31.01.2022)

1.      Introduction: legal English, legal professions

2.      Legislation, division of law

3.      Constitutional law, courts

4.      Family law

5.      Property, inheritance

6.      Intellectual property

7.      Contract law

8.      Torts

9.      Employment law

10.  Company law

11.  Criminal law

12.  Civil procedure, criminal procedure

13.  EU law