martedì 21 maggio 2013

Last lesson_23rd May

 Linee guida esame lingua inglese

Reading Comprehension (letture introduttive dal libro di testo - unit 1 - unit 10)
- collocations
- word formation
- text cohesion (the way the text holds together)
- appropriate legal vocabulary
- prepositions
- grammar (focus on: passive, modal verbs, present perfect (simple & continuous), simple past)


Dal text book
Esercizi di consolidamento Unit 1 - Unit 10  da  completare -  verifica  prevista per mercoledi  23 maggio on line ore 11:00

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lunedì 20 maggio 2013

Final lesson

On Wednesday 22nd May there will be our final lesson for this academic year.

The lesson will be delivered on this blog   blog www.studentiingleselegale.blogspot.com 
 
Students will be invited to join the lesson from 11:00 to 13:00 
 
There will also be a group discussion   on our facebook group  

See you there!

mercoledì 15 maggio 2013

Extra_Words from the news

Look at the language in bold _ Do you feel familiar with these expressions? 


Italy Berlusconi sex trial: Call for six years' jail

Silvio Berlusconi (28 February 2011)
Silvio Berlusconi denies any wrongdoing

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Prosecutors have demanded a six-year sentence and lifetime ban from public office at the latest trial of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
They allege he paid for sex with a 17-year-old dancer at his residence in 2010 and abused his term in office.
Mr Berlusconi, who is already embroiled in several court cases, was given a four-year sentence for tax fraud in October 2012.
He lost an appeal to overturn the conviction last week.
In the latest case, the prosecution in Milan said that women invited to his private residence for so-called "bunga-bunga" party evenings were part of a prostitution system set up for his personal sexual satisfaction.
The allegations focus specifically on his relationship with 17-year-old Moroccan girl Karima El-Mahroug, known as "Ruby the Heartstealer", whom he is accused of paying for sex.
Both she and Mr Berlusconi have denied the allegations.

Silvio Berlusconi's trials

  • Accused of paying for sex with an underage prostitute: Verdict due
  • Convicted and sentenced to a year in jail for arranging leak of police wiretap. Remains free while appeals process under way.
  • Accused of tax fraud over deals his firm Mediaset made to purchase TV rights to US films:Convicted in October 2012; Sentence upheld by appeals court in May
  • Two other corruption cases involving tax evasion and bribery of a British lawyer: Expired under statute of limitations
Ms El-Mahroug says she did receive 7,000 euros (£5,900) but it was as a gift after a party.
However, Prosecutor Ilda Boccassini told the court during closing arguments on Monday that the young woman lied when she denied having had sex with the former prime minister.
She said Ms El-Mahroug had received more than 4.5m euros (£3.8m) from Mr Berlusconi between October and December 2010.
Mr Berlusconi is also charged with abusing his power of office after calling a police station to press for the release of Ms Mahroug from custody when she was arrested in Milan in a separate petty theft case.
He has acknowledged the phone-call but says it was made as a favour to former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whose granddaughter he believed Ms Mahroug to be.
A TV programme about the "bunga-bunga" evenings was broadcast on Sunday on one of Mr Berlusconi's Mediaset channels, Canale 5, in which witnesses said the former prime minister had entertained guests by singing and telling stories.
Mr Berlusconi told the programme he had "absolutely never had intercourse with Ruby".
Mr Berlusconi's defence lawyers will present their final arguments at the beginning of June, with a verdict expected later that month.
The 76-year-old already faces a four-year prison sentence and five-year ban from public office for a fraud conviction, which he is expected to appeal against in Italy's highest court, the Court of Cassation.
Last week Italian prosecutors requested a new corruption trial against Mr Berlusconi, who they say allegedly bribed a left-wing senator to defect to his right-wing People of Freedom party (PDL) in 2006.

Lesson_17


Unit 10 - Reading 1 Comparative Law pp 106-107 ex 1-3

List of legal systems

• Civil Law

• Common Law

• Religious Law (Muslim Law, Hindu Law, Jewish Law)

• Chinese Law

• Socialist Law


Reading 2 pp107-108 ex 4-6

Reading 3 Asset protection pp 112-113 ex 25-28

Text analysis: Discourse markers for text cohesion pag 112 ex 28
Extra work: Complete the exercise

Homework
Language Focus 114 1-4

mercoledì 8 maggio 2013

Lesson_16


Text analysis audio transcript 9.1 pag 136
Collocations - phrasal verbs - idiomatic expressions - collocations
  •  to have a considerable impact on (sth/so)
  • to have a considerable impact in (place)
  • to be seen in the context of
  • a growing concern
  • to rely on
  • to accuse someone over/of sth
  • to go up to
  • to call in
  • to have right to ..
  • the right of someone to ....
  • to take actions against ..
  • social dumping
  • wage dumping
  • collective bargaining
  • fair working conditions
  • regardless of ...
Supporting material to the Laval case 

Reading 3 -4 US patents laws

From the news
- The Guardian "Why copyright matters"  "EU debates biopiracy law to protect indigenous people"
          
Language focus: pag 105 ex 1-3

Homework
Unit 10 - Reading 1 Comparative Law pp 106-107 ex 1-3

List of legal systems 
• Civil Law 
• Common Law 
• Religious Law (Muslim Law, Hindu Law, Jewish Law) 
• Chinese Law 
• Socialist Law

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martedì 7 maggio 2013

Words from the news

From BBC news WWII veteran loses ruling on expats voting in UK elections

 A 91-year old British man who has fought a campaign for long-term expats to be able to vote in British general elections has lost a ruling at the European Court of Human Rights.

 In your view, should he be intitled to vote in  UK ?

 

giovedì 2 maggio 2013

Lesson_15


Revision: Reading 1 International Law pp 94-95

Focus on: prepositions

Early examples of Pubic International Law:

  • The Hague Convention [1899, 1907] dealing with rules for declarin war. Main effect of the convention was to ban the use of certain types of modern technology in war.
  • Geneva Convention, 1864 dealing with human treatment of prisoners, civilians and sick and wounded in times of war.
  • United Nations, 1945 which has represented a huge step in the development of International Law


Reading 2: Developments in the EU Law pp96-97 ex 7-8

Key terms 2 Legal instruments

• Directive = Atto giuridico comunitario che vincola i destinatari ad un risultato da raggiungere entro un dato Termine, lasciando alla Loro discrezione la scelta dei mezzi per farlo. Destinatari di una direttiva possono essere singoli stati membri, tutti o alcuni. La direttiva entra in vigore in seguito alla notifica della stessa e al destinatario viene pubblicata sulla GUCE serie L, ma per produrre  effetti sull'ordinamento interno di uno stato deve essere  recepita nella legislazione nazionale.

• Recommendations = è un atto non vincolante A disposizione di varie Istituzioni. Le raccomandazioni sono normalmente dirette agli Stati Membri e contengono l'invito a conformarsi ad un certo comportamento

• Regulations = I regolamenti sono gli strumenti più completi ed efficaci a disposizione delle istituzioni. Sono direttamente applicabili in ogni Stato membro, nel senso che esplicano tutti i loro effetti negli Stati membri, nei confronti delle loro istituzioni e rispetto ai privati, senza che sia necessario alcun atto di attuazione o recepimento; sono di portata generale, cioè applicabili a categorie di destinatari astrattamente determinate; sono obbligatori in tutti i loro elementi, nel senso che gli Stati membri hanno l’obbligo della loro integrale applicazione. Vengono pubblicati sulla Gazzetta Ufficiale delle Comunità Europee, ed in linea di principio entrano in vigore decorsi 20 giorni dalla loro pubblicazione.

• Decisions = Le decisioni sono atti normativi previsti dal Trattato istitutivo della Comunità Europea e sono obbligatorie in tutti i loro elementi per i destinatari da essi designati. Le decisioni possono essere indirizzate sia agli individui che agli Stati membri.

Homework

Listening 1 pp 98-99 ex 12-14

Listening 2 pp 102-103 ex 25-28



Contrubuto al blog

Individuare dai testi (audio transcript) parole ed espressioni chiavi.


- landmark case = una decisione giuridica che assume un rilievo importante tanto da diventare 'pietra miliare' nella casistica giudiziaria

to have a considerable impact on =