1. English for social workers I session 2, 12 oct 2017
Miljen Matijašević
Office: G10, room 6 (1st floor)
Tue, 11:30-12:30

2. Today’s session
Language and Law - revision
About Law

3. 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?

4. Legal English: examples
Consider the following examples of legal English and try to guess what time period they are from
What features of legal English are evident in these examples?

5. Constitutional Reform Act
3 Guarantee of continued judicial independence (1) The Lord Chancellor, other Ministers of the Crown and all with responsibility for matters relating to the judiciary or otherwise to the administration of justice must uphold the continued independence of the judiciary. (2) Subsection (1) does not impose any duty which it would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament to impose. (3) A person is not subject to the duty imposed by subsection (1) if he is subject to the duty imposed by section 1(1) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act (c. 26).

6. European Communities Act
2 General implementation of Treaties.
(1) All such rights, powers, liabilities, obligations and restrictions from time to time created or arising by or under the Treaties, and all such remedies and procedures from time to time provided for by or under the Treaties, as in accordance with the Treaties are without further enactment to be given legal effect or used in the United Kingdom shall be recognised and available in law, and be enforced, allowed and followed accordingly; and the expression “enforceable EU right” and similar expressions shall be read as referring to one to which this subsection applies.

7. A Will
I, EDWARD COKE, of 14 Acacia Avenue, Oxbridge, in the County of Somerset, company director, HEREBY REVOKE all Wills and testamentary documents heretofore made by me AND DECLARE this to be my LAST WILL
I APPOINT my wife Gladys Coke, and my solicitor, Thomas B. Macaulay, to be jointly the executors of this my will.
I DEVISE my freehold cottage known as THE LILACS, at Tone Dale, Oxbridge, unto my son, Hugh Coke, in fee simple.
I DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all the residue of my real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever not hereby or by any codicil hereto otherwise expressly disposed of as to my freeholds in fee simple and as to my personal estate absolutely unto my said wife Gladys Coke for her own absolute use and benefit.
IN WITNESS whereof I the said Edward Coke the Testator have to this my LAST WILL set my hand this thirty-first day of March One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Three.
SIGNED AND ACKNOWLEDGED by the above-named Edward Coke the Testator as and for his LAST WILL in the presence of us both present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses:
(signatures)

8. The British Isles

9. History of English Answer the questions on p.8 and study the chart
Who settled Britain before the Germanic invasions?
Read the text on p. 9 and answer the questions in exercise III. (p. 8)

10. About Law
Unit 2

11. 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?

12. 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?

13. 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?

14. 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

15. 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

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

17. Law and the State What is the relationship between law and the state?
Think of a definition of a state!
Read the paragraph and find out more about the legal system of the United Kingdom!

18. About Law Do exercises IV and V
Do exercise VI; translate the phrases into Croatian
Do exercise VII; use the answers to make your own sentences

19. Thank you for your attention!