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Lecturer(s)
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Přidalová Eva, Mgr.
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Tozzi di Angelo Kamila, PhDr.
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Course content
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Seminar topics: 1. Characteristics of the language of the law. 2. Justice and the law in the UK. 3. Common law and Equity. 4. Different classifications of law. 5. The jury in the Anglo-American system of law. 6. Human rights. 7. The fundamental principles of the US constitution. 8. The supreme legislative bodies in the USA. 9. The constitution of the UK. 10. The supreme legislative bodies in the UK.
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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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Students during their studies choose from the offer of foreign languages (English, French, German) one foreign language as an obligatory subject. It is usually the foreign language which the student has chosen for the acceptance test to the Faculty of Law of Palacký University. It is assumed that students have at least intermediate knowledge of general language after finishing secondary school. As a consequence, teaching at our faculty of law is aimed at legal terminology from the very beginning. The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the issues of professional legal language, with the legal terminology of basic legal branches and the legal system in a given language and to compare the terminology of a given foreign language with Czech legal terminology. The basic method is to work with a professional text in order to activate the acquired legal language and strengthen the ability to inform about basic aspects of Czech law in a foreign language.
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
In order to get the credit it is essential that the students have a regular attendance in the scope set by the seminar leader. The students must also complete the tasks assigned by the teacher.
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Recommended literature
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Bradney, A., Cownie, F., Masson, J., Neal, A., Newell, D. (1998). How to study law. Sweet and Maxwell, London.
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Tozzi, K., Přidalová, E. (2020). Legal English, 3rd revised edition. Praha:Leges,2020.
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Williams. G. (1982). Learning the law. Sweet and Maxwell, London.
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