Legal English_Lesson_6UniTaranto

Commercial law covers a very wide body of law which includes: 

• contract law, 
• company law, 
• tax law,
• intellectual property law.

Reading 1_commercial law  pp. 60-61 - ex 2-4 

Language Use: Adverb  functions pp 62-63 ex 7-8

Bodies of Law that govern Trade and Commerce

• Istituto Commerciale Commercio Estero (ICE)

• Chamber of Commerce in Italy

• Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)

• World Trade Organization (WTO) + video (WTO)

Listening 1: Profile of  a commercial lawyer page 62 ex 5-6

Text Analysis: Letter of application for an internship pp 63-64 ex 11-13

Reading 2- 3 - 4 -

From Legalese to plain English

Reading_3 Role of Commercial agents

• commercial agency agreement
• to give agents greater protection
• under EU law
• good and services
• provision of services/a service
• on behalf of/in the name of 
• flat rate
• paid on commissions
• indipendent intermediaries 
• authority to negotiate
• provide a convenient structure
• the principal can benefi from 
• on commissions basis " no cure, no pay" basis
• to build sales volume
• temptation to circumvent 
• come to an end
• significant new customer base
• to take advantage of the goodwill 

Self study

• Reading_4 Commercial agency contract
• Language Focus page 71