1. ENGLISH FOR
LAWYERS I

2. UNIT 1
What Is Meant by Law?

3. 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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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?

13. 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 ____________
______________________________________.

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

15. 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