ENGLISH FOR LAWYERS I

UNIT 1 What Is Meant by Law?

Introduction to law: BASIC TERMS Which terms do you associate with “LAW”? JUDGE JURY to TRY LAWYER GUILTY to ACCUSE COURT MURDER to APPEAL WITNESS INNOCENT

Basic legal terms Match verbs with nouns: cross examine break commit hear pass the law a crime a verdict a case a witness

BASIC LEGAL TERMS Which terms do you associate with “LAW”? lawyer legal illegal LAW lawmaker lawful unlawful

BASIC LEGAL TERMS What do we do with “LAW”? pass --- enact --- lay down impose --- enforce break --- violate --- apply

What is meant by “LAW”? The whole procedure has been conducted BY LAW. It is against the LAW to bully. A new LAW on financial leasing has recently been passed. Her uncle has been practising LAW for 20 years. She is studying LAW at he University of Zagreb. It is not easy to understand THE LAW.

What does LAW mean? LAW (a/the/Ø) LAWS OF A COUNTRY (RULES) BRANCH OF KNOWLEDGE SUBJECT PROFESSION LEGAL SYSTEM THE POLICE THE COURTS JUDGES

Definitions of LAW From Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary: 1. SYSTEM OF RULES (U) (also the law) the whole system of rules that everyone in a country or society must obey 2. ONE RULE (C)a rule that deals with a particular crime, agreement etc. 3. SUBJECT/PROFESSION (U) the study of law as a subject at university; the profession of being a lawyer 4. POLICE (U) (the law) used to refer to the police and the legal system 5. OF ORGANIZATION/ACTIVITY (c) one of the rules which controls an organization or activity

How do you understand the following terms in the context of «THE LAW»? rules conduct / behaviour norms to enforce to impose a state social purpose coercion power

Read the text and match the subtitles with the paragraphs:   The law – not a pure system of norms A number of different laws Law – a difficult term to define The law in the sense of the legal system – the most common definitions

The most common definitions of LAW Find the three most common definitions of LAW in the text. Translate them into Croatian. Discuss the definitions. What do you think of them?

Finish the following sentences according to the text. 1. The law cannot be defined as _____________. 2. The law cannot be separated _____________. 3. The law is based on _________________and has _________________________. 4. The social purpose of the law is ____________ ______________________________________.

Which verb collocates with which noun? Match them.   conform (to) law impose violation of the law enforce rules avenge physical force apply actions

Essential terms: law = pravo; zakon; propis lawyer = pravnik, odvjetnik legal = zakonit, legalan, pravni illegal = protupravan, protuzakonit, nezakonit lawful = zakonit, zakonski unlawful = nezakonit, protuzakonit, nelegalan a jurist = (znameniti) pravnik, jurist to conform TO rules = prilagoditi (se) pravilima, biti u skladu s pravilima rules of conduct = pravila ponašanja to impose = nametnuti to enforce = provoditi, provesti an infraction / violation of a law = kršenje zakona application (of physical force) = primjena coercion (physical of psychological) = prisila, prinuda to regulate (human behaviour) = urediti/uređivati to establish (social order) = uspostaviti