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The course is intended for students who wish to improve their skills in drafting, interpreting, and/or translating contracts and who are willing to devote approximately 90 minutes per week to preparing for the course.
The course aims to teach students to better understand, interpret, and translate individual contractual provisions across various types of contracts. Furthermore, students will acquire key terminology and established phrases used in basic types of contracts and become familiar with the specific features of the language used in contract. Students will thus gain an understanding of how the structure, content, and form of English and Czech contracts differ, while also mastering commonly used phrases and expressions; attention will also be paid to conceptual analysis and the critical use of translation tools and generative AI, with a focus on text preparation and post-editing of the target text. Poslední úprava: Šicnerová Barbora, Mgr. (14.09.2026)
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1) Bude-li třeba přistoupit k distanční výuce, budou frekventanti předem informování o formě a platformách výuky. 2) Z požadavků na plnění předmětu nelze činit výjimky, zejména nelze nahradit nadlimitní absence splněním náhradní práce. Poslední úprava: Kvasničková Vladimíra, Mgr. (31.01.2024)
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1. In order to successfully pass the course, students must achieve at least 80% attendance, regardless of the date on which they enrolled in the course, they must continuously accomplish home preparation assigned (between 60 and 90 minutes a week). 2. The colloquium takes the written form and comprises the following three assignments: ongoing work on the glossary, post-editing of English-Czech machine translation, and a final test covering the topics presented in the course. 3. To pass the colloquium, a student must earn a minimum score of 60% on each assignment. 4. Given the nature of the course, neither legislation nor other legal sources are used. Poslední úprava: Šicnerová Barbora, Mgr. (14.09.2026)
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In the course, the students will become familiar with the following types of contract: purchase agreement, employment contract, and the lease. Week 1: general contractual terminology, types of contracts, typical structute of an English contract, compared to the Czech Republic. Week 2-3: boilerplate clauses – focus on the language used and its specificities (interpretation adn use of contract navigators – said, such, herefrom / therewith , etc.); use of modal verbs shall and may. Week 4: interpretation of contractual provisions: legalese vs. plain English (redrafting) Week 5: machine translation: preparation of the source text; post-editing of the target text. Week 6: conditions and warranties – consequences of breach of contract, time-of-the-essence clause; conditionals. Week 7: liquidated damages vs. contractual penalty – comparing the two tools, case study; translation in both directions (EN-CZ / CS-EN). Week 8: specific features of a purchase agreement – Retention of Title clause. Week 9: specific features of an employment contract. Week 10: specific features of the lease Poslední úprava: Šicnerová Barbora, Mgr. (14.09.2026)
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Required literature: Teacher-made handouts available on the Moodle platform before individual classes. Recommended literature: - Canham N. and Mason C.: Advanced Legal English. Global Legal English Ltd. (2019) - Haigh R.: Legal English, 4th ed. Routledge-Cavendish (2015) - Garner B.A.: The Redbook: A manual on Legal Style. Thomson/West (2006) - kol. Autorů: Vzory smluv a podání. Linde (2014) - Tomančáková, B.: Ochrana spotřebitele v praxi se vzory a příklady. Linde (2011) - Study materials in Moodle. Poslední úprava: Šicnerová Barbora, Mgr. (14.09.2026)
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By the end of the course, students will: 1. Analyse differences in the structure of English and Czech contracts using comparative legal frameworks, in written and oral comparison tasks. 2. Identify key components of English commercial contracts according to common law conventions, applying disciplinary knowledge when interpreting authentic contract samples. 3. Define and differentiate types of contracts using accurate legal terminology relevant to specific contract types, in spoken and written explanation tasks. 4. Evaluate the equivalence of English legal terms and Czech legal concepts through comparative conceptual legal analysis, in translation decision-making tasks. 5. Define and exemplify boilerplate clauses using conventional legal phraseology, in clause identification and drafting exercises. 6. Critically assess the use of legalese versus plain language based on principles of plain legal drafting in translation and redrafting contexts. 7. Apply principles of modality in drafting and editing contractual provisions, following plain English drafting guidelines. 8. Redraft complex contractual clauses using plain language principles, in redrafting tasks. 9. Explain legal and contractual concepts using audience-appropriate language strategies when communicating with non-lawyers. 10. Prepare contractual provisions for machine translation using pre-editing techniques, in translation workflows. 11. Post-edit machine-translated legal texts into Czech for fluency and legal accuracy, in professional translation tasks. 12. Distinguish and classify contractual terms and types of breach based on legal consequences and materiality, in case-based analysis tasks. 13. Interpret and compare liquidated damages and contractual penalties using case law, in legal analysis tasks. 14. Draft and translate penalty clauses between Czech and English, respecting differences in legal style and structure, in bilingual drafting tasks. 15. Analyse specialised contract types (sale of goods, employment, agency, lease, reserved rights) using relevant legal frameworks and terminology, in interpretation, comparison, and drafting tasks.
Poslední úprava: Šicnerová Barbora, Mgr. (14.09.2026)
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The course is intended for students with good command of English who have already completed basicsn of contract law (ideally students in second-fifth year of their studies).
Poslední úprava: Šicnerová Barbora, Mgr. (14.09.2026)
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