Lesson3_10th October

Check vocabulary :

Introduction to Contract Law: Key language

consideration (rimando a un articolo sul contratto nella common law per comprendere meglio il concetto della "consideration")
conunter offer
essential terms
assignor vs assignee
specific performance
breaching party
injured party
Collocations- An offer
Accept, make, reject, withdraw, increase, submit, receive, consider
- A contract
Breach/form/negotiate/perform/draw up/draft/sign a contract
- DamagesAccept/award/claim/win/receive/seek/pay damages
- A lawsuit
File/bring (fare causa)/launch (avviare)/persue/win/lose

What actions do they carry out
A party
Breaches a contract/performs a contract
The parties
Negotiate an offer/negotiate a contract/form a contract
The court
Enforces a contract/awards damages
A lawyer
Files a lawsuit/negotiates an offer/negotiates a contract/accepts an offer

Focus on: enforce/enforceable (esecutivo)
To enforce: verbo transitivo
1. (impose) imporre [rule, silence, discipline];
fare rispettare, applicare [law, court order];
fare valere [legal rights];
esigere [payment];
fare rispettare [contract]
Enforceable (esempio)
2. For that reason, the parties consent that such covenants shall be enforceable in a court of equity by temporary or permanent injunction, restraining order or a decree of specific performance. The remedies provided above shall be cumulative and not exclusive and are in addition to any other remedies, which either party may have under this Agreement or applicable law.

Per tale motivo, le parti acconsentono/convengono che tali clausole debbano essere fatte valere in una corte di equità con ingiunzione (esecutiva) permanente o temporanea, ordine restrittivo o atto specifico. Le azioni (giudiziarie) elencate sopra devono essere cumulative e non esclusive e si intendono in aggiunta alle azioni che una delle due parti può esperire in base al presente accordo(ovvero) applicabili per legge.

Homework
• Reading 2 p. 20 ex 9-10
Listening 2 p. 21 ex 19-20
• Reading 3 p. 22 ex 22-24
• Modal verbs



- visita il sito http://www.onecle.com/ oppure http://www.lawdepot.com/
1. scegli un tipo di contratto - definisci in inglese o italiano quando si crea quel tipo di contratto
2. individua 10 parole o espressioni chiavi tipiche di quel tipo di contratto

Pubblica il lavoro come commento - e includi il link al contratto scelto

Lesson 2_5th October

Revision Reading 1-3 pp 8-13

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
• 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

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
• 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.

• Comparitive
• Reading 3 Graduate Recruitment programme

Homework:

p. 14 ex 20, 21

p. 16 ex 24 Structuring a  presentation

p. 17 ex 1, 2, 3

Lesson1_ 3rd October

3 ottobre - ore 11:00 inizio lezioni inglese legale

Gli studenti sono pregati di presentarsi alla prima lezione, muniti di:

- copia di "le caratteristiche dell'inglese legale"

- copia di "unit 1 textbook: A career in law" (se non hanno ancora acquistato il libro) - Si ricorda che non ci sono altre unit disponibili oltre alla 1 e alla 6 e che il libro di testo è assolutamente necessario per seguire il corso e per prepararsi all'esame.

Risultati esame febbraio

Risultati esami 4 febbraio

La verbalizzazione è prevista per il prossimo appello - 29 marzo

Change Exam date

La data di appello per l'esame di lingua inglese prevista per il 1 febbraio è stata spostata al 4 febbraio 2011 ore 9:30.


Dalle ore 10:00 nello stesso giorno (4 febbraio) si procederà con la verbalizzazione dei risultati idonei appello 11 gennaio.

Grazie!

Lesson 06.12.2010

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

Supporting material

From BBC  - Tax havens to ease bank secrecy

From BBC  - UK in talks with tax havens

Text analysis: Discourse markers for text cohesion pag 112 ex 28

Complete the exercise

Language Focus 114 1-4

Documenti_Contratto

- contratto di affitto gentilmente inviato da Alba e Annunziata

Trattasi di un contratto di affitto di un ragazzo italiano che studia a Southampon

Nel documento si possono individuare espressioni e parole chiavi a partire da ...
- furnished dwelling house
- prior to the grant of
- shorthold tenancy agreement
- joint and several agreement

Lesson 16.11.2010

Listening 1 - Property law presentation pag 76 ex 11-12
For more general information: http://www.property-abroad.com/buyers-guide//

Key terms: Buying a real property

• a lien
• a deposit
• rental income
• a mortgage
• conveyance
• an escrow : (atto o bene depositato presso terzi/deposito in garanzia) Something of value, such as a deed, stock, money, or written instrument, that is put into the custody of a third person by its owner, a grantor, an obligor, or a promisor, to be retained until the occurrence of a contingency or performance of a condition.
• an escrow account
• an escrow agreement
• in escrow: in garanzia
• an easement
• cadastral register
• a chain of title A chain of title is the sequence of historical transfers of title to a property. The "chain" runs from the present owner back to the original owner of the property..
• capital appreciation: (quotazione di fondi) A rise in the value of an asset based on a rise in market price
• stamp duty : (tassa di bollo, imposta) a tax on the conveyance of real property
• notarial deed:
• an encumbrance : (vincolo) a restriction on the use of the property
• gazump: (imbroglio)raising the price just before the papers are signed
• foreclosure: (pignoramento) “The bank was forced to foreclose the property”

Listening 2: Telelephone enquiry: Invest in a buy-to-let property in Prague. pp.78-79 ex.19-22
- Acquistare una proprietà in Italia

Reading 3: Draft tenancy agreement pag 80 ex 1-2
- Deed of conveyance

Homework

• Language focus pag 82 ex. 1-4
• Listening 7.4 pag 81 ex 26

Damage vs Damages

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Lesson 25.10.10

- Students’ comments: contracts
- Language focus: prepositions pag.27
- More prepositions:
to be liable for something
to bring a case against someone
to be guilty of an offence
to accuse someone of something
to preside over a case
to specialize in something
to claim damages for something
to act as a client
to sentence someone to a punishement

- Word formation: extra exercise
- Letter writing:
- email of advice pag. 25;
- claim by trustee in bankruptcy – Italian to English

Tort Law
Reading 1_ pp28-29 ex 1-5
Language focus:

• civil wrong
• contractual relations
• injured party
• fraudulent misrepresentation
• medical expenses
• monetary damages
  

Reading 2_ pp30-31 ex 7-9

• the trial court found for the plaintiff
• the harm to the plaintiff
• harm was not wilful on the part of defendant
• the proximate cacuse of
• the court reversed the decision

Ref to the film "Erin Brockovich"

Homework
Listening 1 pag. 32 ex 15-16 Frivoulous lawsuits
Reading 3 pag 33 ex 18-19 The Kent Law Clinic
Language use: asking for information
Pag 34 ex 25

Lesson 18.10.10

dal IILE libro di testo
Revision Reading 1-3 pp 8-13

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
• 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

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
• 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.

• Comparitive
• Language focus pag 17
  

Homework:

• Reading 1 pp 18-19 ex 5-8
• Extra practice- Choose the best answer (A,B or C) Vocabulary –
• Traduzione lessico sopra illustrato e riportato nei commenti (reading 2)
  

Words of the day

to enforce vb tr. = applicare, far rispettare, far osservare
- the new law has been enforced (la nuova legge è stata applicata)
- banks no longer enforce this rule (le banche non applicano più questa norma)
- third party cannot enforce contractual provisions (la parte terza non ha il diritto di far valere le clausole contrattuali)

to enforce sth on someone = imporre qualcosa su qualcuno
- All the shareholders decided to enforce the the discloure of shareholdings (tutti gli azionisti hanno deciso di imporre la trasparenza delle partecipazioni azionarie)

enforceable adj. = imponibile, applicabile
- the new law is good in theory but it is not enforceable (la nuova legge in teoria è buona ma non è applicabile)
- this contract expresses an intent to create a legally enforceable right in the third part (questo contratto esprime l'intenzione di concedere legalmente un diritto applicabile a terzi )

enforceable + by = esecutivo, esecutorio
- your lease contract is not enforceable by law (il suo contratto di affitto non è esecutivo per legge)

enforcement (n.)= applicazione, esecuzione, rispetto
- they insisted on the inforcement of the terms of the contract (insistettero sul rispetto delle condizioni contrattuali)


N.B.
Cercate le voci sopra presentate nelle letture e lavori portati a termine durante le lezioni. Trascrivete il contesto in cui la parola compare e traducete la frase.

Homework Lesson 11

Homework Lesson 11

pp. 95 Reading: Understanding contract clauses ex. 6-8

pp. 102-103 Reading Keeping informed ex. 29, 31

pp. 104-105 Language Focus ex. 1-6