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Lecturer(s)
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Tozzi di Angelo Kamila, PhDr.
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Přidalová Eva, Mgr.
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Course content
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1. Introduction to professional language - characteristics of the language of the law 2. Justice and the law in the United Kingdom 3. Common law and Equity 4. The system of courts inh the UK 5. The jury in the Anglo-American system of law 6. What is law? 7. Different classifications of law 8. The U.S. Constitution 9. The executive branch ? the president of the U.S. 10. The supreme legislative bodies in the U.S. 11. The British Constitution 12. The supreme legislative bodies in the United Kingdom 13. The executive branch - the British monarch, the government of the U.K.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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During their studies, students choose one foreign language from the offer of foreign languages (English, French, German) as a compulsory subject. It is assumed that students come from secondary schools with intermediate knowledge of general language, so from the beginning the teaching is focused on professional legal terminology. The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the issues of professional legal language, legal terminology, legal system and compare foreign language terminology with Czech legal terminology. The basic method is work with professional text in order to activate the acquired legal language and strengthen the ability to actively use the acquired terms in practice. After completing the course the student will know the characteristics of professional legal language, will be able to talk about the origin and development of common law, the main features of the Anglo-American legal system, the sources of Anglo-American law and the judicial system. They will learn technical terms in the field of the constitutional law, the US Constitution, the Czech Constituion, executive branch.
Students who have completed this subject will gain knowledge and skills in the field of technical legal terminology and they will become familiar with Anglo-American legal system.
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Prerequisites
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Completion of this subject is not conditional upon completion of another subject.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Written exam
written test, active participation in seminars, attendance
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Recommended literature
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Brown,G.W.,Rice,S. (2007). Professional English in Use. Cambridge University Press.
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Chromá, M. (2012). New Introduction to Legal English, Revised Edition. Praha: Karolinum.
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Lindner,A.,Firth,M. (2008). Introduction to International Legal English. Cambridge University Press.
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Tozzi, K. Přidalová, E. (2015). Legal English,2nd edition. Leges, Praha.
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