1. ENGLISH FOR
LAWYERS I
INTRODUCTION

2. LECTURER Snježana Husinec, PhD
Office hours: Wednesday, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.,
Gundulićeva 10, Room 2A
Contact:

3. English for Lawyers I – About the course
LEGAL ENGLISH – a language for specific purposes
technical (highly specialized) terminology
(e.g. jurisdiction, revenue, precedent, judiciary, legislature etc.)
general English words with different meaning in a legal context
(e.g. challenge, artificial person etc.)
specific structural features
(passive form, nominal constructions instead of verbs, special usage of shall etc.)

4. Reasons why you need to study the language of law
using secondary (specialist and scientific) literature
studying abroad (scholarships, student exchange)
an advantage on the labour market
communication with colleagues abroad

5. English for Lawyers I Obligatory literature Additional reading
1. Coursebook
Vićan, Pavić, Smerdel: Engleski za pravnike : English for Lawyers, Zagreb : Narodne novine, 2012.
2. Teacher’s presentations
Additional reading
RECOMMENDED GRAMMAR BOOK
M. Hewings, Advanced grammar in Use, 12th printing, Cambridge University Press, 2004

6. RECOMMENDED DICTIONARIES
GENERAL ENGLISH
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
LEGAL ENGLISH
A) Monolingual
Black’s Law Dictionary
P. H. Collin, Dictionary of Law, 03rd edition, Peter Collin Publishing, London, 2002
Online dictionaries:
legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com
B) Bilingual
M. Gačić, English-Croatian Dictionary of Law, Naklada Ljevak, Zagreb, 2004
V. Ivir, Croatian-English Dictionary of Business and Government, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1998

7. Course syllabus (10 sessions)
What is Meant by Law
Sources and Varieties of English Law
Statute Law in Britain
The British Judiciary
The Doctrine of Precedent
The Legal Profession in Britain
Talking to a Barrister
Legal Aid
A Day in a Civil Court
A Day in a Criminal Court

8. Participation and Attendance
PARTICIPATION in the lecture – OBLIGATORY !
ATTENDANCE – obligatory -
no more than 3 absences
SEMINAR PAPER – additional task

9. Requirements for the examination
Tested knowledge:
A) vocabulary
B) content (presented in the coursebook and during the lecture)
1. Written qualifying exam
(focus on terminology and relevant grammar)
END-TERM EXAM – second half of January
(for those with 3 or fewer absences)
2. Oral exam
(speaking about 10 topics covered by the curriculum – using relevant legal terms)

10. Additional information
STUDENT MENTORS
- students with excellent command of
English assisting their weaker colleagues
TEMPUS STUDY ROOM
Trg maršala Tita 3 (in the basement)
Monday – Friday = 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- a variety of useful resources (dictionaries, legal books on different topics)
- free Internet access