Legal Professionals - Who does what
Language from reading 1
- Adverb+adjective: intellectually stimulating
- Verb+preposition: to lead to something; to decide on something; to get involved with something
- Preposition+noun: in addition (to)
- Verb+noun: to take a course/subject;to run a partnership; to offer a course; to offer assistance; to hire new recruits
- Verb+verb: to go on to become something
- Adjective+noun: future career; local community; day-to-day work; a good command (of English)
- Noun+noun: work experience
Language from Reading 2:
From contract law: formation, interpretation, performance and enforcement of contracts, offer and acceptance, consideration.
From Tort Law: liability for intentional and negligently caused injures to person and property; strict liability; vicarious liability; ultra-hazardous activities; products liability; nuisance; invasion of privacy; defamation; damages; losses.
From Ciminal Law: crime against persons, property and public administration; the law of homicide
From Evidence: relevancy, hearsay, impeachment, cross-examination.
From Criminal Procedure: regulation of law enforcement, investigation of crimes, search and seizure, electronic surveillance, entrapment,
From Constitutional Law: judicial function, distribution under the constitution, immunities under the constitution.
From legal research & writing: to acquaint students with …; analyze judicial opinions; legal citation; techniques of writing memoranda and briefs.
- Comparative
- Reading 3 Graduate Recruitment programme
- University of Nottingham - school of law
Language:
What to study - core (compulsory) subjects and optional subjects:
- criminal law, contract law, land law, equity and trusts, administrative law and constitutional law, family law, employment law and housing law,company law, commercial law, litigation and arbitration.
Where to work:
- Partnership [general partnership (società in nome collettivo) limited partnership (società in accomandita)]
- Large law practice/firm
- Commercial practice
- Sole practitioner
- Law clinic
Collocations:
Legal writing, legal research, legal practice, legal assistance, legal community,
Law degree programme, law student, law practice, law clinic, law firm
Awkward words
- equity and trusts = affidamento fiduciario - Leggi "L'utilizzo del trust in Italia"
- - Podcast - What is equity? + Material accompanyng the podcast
- equity vs common law
- - Podcast - What is equity? + Material accompanyng the podcast
- equity vs common law
Vocabulary Revision
- performance and enforcement of contracts
- offer - acceptance - consideration
- breach of contract
- liability
- strict liability (responsabilità oggettiva: it is the legal responsibility of a company for damage or injury caused by its products or services, even though it did not intend to cause the damage or injury: The Consumer Protection Act imposes strict liability for a defective product on the producer.
- vicariuos liability ( responsabilità indiretta: refers to a situation where someone is held responsible for the actions or omissions of another person. In a workplace context, an employer can be liable for the acts or omissions of its employees, provided it can be shown that they took place in the course of their employment.)
- nuisance
- evidence
- hearsay
- law enforcement
- under the constitution
- damages vs damage
damage: means “loss or injury to a person or property”. It is an uncountable singular noun and has no plural form.
E.g.: The cost of the damage to the US caused by Hurricane Ike was estimated at USD 18 billion.
Other words you could use instead of damage: loss, injury
Damages means “money claimed by, or ordered to be paid to, a person as compensation for loss or injury”. It is an uncountable plural noun and has no singular form.
E.g.: The Claimant wishes to sue Acme for damages as a result of a loss sustained by the Claimant after Acme’s failure to perform its obligations.
Other words you could use instead of damages: compensation, satisfaction
Pronunciation notesci·ta·tion [saɪˈteɪʃən]
lia·bil·ity [ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ]
neg·li·gent·ly [ˈnɛɡlɪdʒəntlɪ]
nui·sance [ˈnjuːsns]
prec·edent [ˈprɛsɪdənt]
pri·va·cy [ˈprɪvəsɪ /ˈpraɪvəsi/]
sei·zure [ˈsiːʒəʳ]
statu·tory [ˈstætjʊtərɪ]
sur·veil·lance [sɜːˈveɪləns] (under surveillance)
vi·cari·ous [vɪˈkɛərɪəs]
neg·li·gent·ly [ˈnɛɡlɪdʒəntlɪ]
nui·sance [ˈnjuːsns]
prec·edent [ˈprɛsɪdənt]
pri·va·cy [ˈprɪvəsɪ /ˈpraɪvəsi/]
sei·zure [ˈsiːʒəʳ]
statu·tory [ˈstætjʊtərɪ]
sur·veil·lance [sɜːˈveɪləns] (under surveillance)
vi·cari·ous [vɪˈkɛərɪəs]
Self Study
- Reading 1 pp18-19 ex 5-8
- Reading 2 p. 20 ex 9-10
- Listening 2 p. 21 ex 19-20
