English for Lawyers 1 Lecturer: Miljen Matijašević G10, room 6/I, Tue 11:30-12:30 e-mail: miljen.matijasevic@gmail.com Session 3, 20 Oct 2017

Language and Law Revision

Language and Law What is Language for Specific Purposes? What makes legal language special in comparison to other LSPs? What are some of the features of legal English that make it particularly demanding?

Translate the following terms rights and obligations regulation prohibition requirement binding procedural and substantive provisions legislation treaty permission

Translate the following terms rights and obligations –prava i obveze regulation – propis; uređenje prohibition – zabrana requirement – zahtjev binding – obvezujući procedural and substantive provisions – procesne i materijalne odredbe legislation – zakonodavstvo, zakon(i) neke države treaty – međunarodni ugovor permission – dopuštenje

Translate the text into Croatian A legal text, such as a contract or a regulation, imposes obligations and provides rights. It contains a number of provisions which have a binding force. In English, modal verbs are used to express rights and obligations. ‘Shall’ is used for obligations, ‘shall not’ for prohibitions, ‘may’ for permissions and rights. ‘Should’ expresses a recommendation so it is not suitable for legislative texts.

Translate the text into Croatian Pravni tekst, kao što je ugovor ili propis, propisuje obveze i prava. On sadrži niz odredbi koje imaju obvezujuću snagu. U engleskom jeziku, prava i obveze izražavaju se modalnim glagolima. ‘Shall’ se koristi za obveze, ‘shall not’ za zabrane, ‘may’ za dopuštenja i prava. Glagolom ‘should’ izražavaju se preporuke te stoga nije pogodan za zakonodavne tekstove.

About Law Unit 2

About law Think of words with similar meaning to the word ‘law’ Try to think of a definition of law. Consider the following: the form it takes its purpose its role in the society and the state Think of the consequences of the absence of law in a society?

Introduction Read the paragraph entitled ‘Introduction’ What three views of law are represented in the text? Explain their fundamental features in your own words to a partner. What is the main difference between the theory of natural law and legal positivism?

Definitions of law Read the paragraph entitled ‘Definitions of law’ What are the two underlying ideas present in the mentioned definitions? What do you think about the ideas of compulsion, law being a mechanism of social control? What is your opinion of John Austin’s definition of law? Is it outdated?

Functions of law Read about the five functions of law and translate the following terms into Croatian: legal regulation parties to a contract parties to a dispute resolution of conflict purchase and sale protection of property violation of fundamental rights

Functions of law Read about the five functions of law and translate the following terms into Croatian: legal regulation – pravno, zakonsko uređenje parties to a contract – ugovorne strane parties to a dispute – stranke u sporu resolution of conflict – rješavanje sukoba purchase and sale - kupoprodaja protection of property – zaštita imovine, prava na imovinu violation of fundamental rights – kršenje temeljnih prava

Law, morality and justice Discuss in groups the relationship between: law and justice Read the corresponding paragraph and compare your conclusions

Thank you for your attention!