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Unit 1 LANGUAGE AND LAW

Unit 1 LANGUAGE AND LAW. Part One: Languages for Specific Purposes and Legal English. 1. How do you explain the following terms ? LANGUAGE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES LEGAL ENGLISH 2. Give examples of different LSPs !.

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Unit 1 LANGUAGE AND LAW

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  1. Unit 1LANGUAGE AND LAW Snježana Husinec, PhD; E-mail: SHUSINEC@pravo.hr

  2. Part One:Languages for SpecificPurposesand Legal English • 1. How do youexplainthefollowingterms? • LANGUAGE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES • LEGAL ENGLISH • 2. GiveexamplesofdifferentLSPs!

  3. Language for SpecificPurposesand Legal English • I Discussthequestionsinexercise I on p. 3. • II a) Try to answerwithyour partner thequestionsinexercise II. • b) ReadthetextentitledLanuage for specificpurposes (LSP) andcheckyouranswers. • Giveexamplesofprofessionalswhohavetheneed to use specialisedlanguage. • What are theirspecificneedsconcerninglanguage?

  4. Language for SpecificPurposes • Explainthefollowingexpressionsand provide the Croatian equivalents: • 1. language for specificpurposes = • 2. students’ andspeacialists’ need = • 3. fieldofworkorstudy = • 4. technicalterms = • 5. Latin hasexerted influence on modernlegallanguages = • 6. internalprofessionalcommunication = • 7. lawgovernsallareasoflife = • 8. plainlanguagemovement = • 9. wide regulatoryscopeoflaw = • 10. to absorbtermsfromprofessionallanguages =

  5. Legal English – lexicalcharacteristics • Read the firstfiveparagraphsof the textentitledLEGAL ENGLISH and find the maincharacteristicsoflegal English. Fillinthefirstcolumnofthe table on p. 5.

  6. Legal English – lexicalcharacteristics • Readthefirstfiveparagraphsofthetextandextractfromthetextthemainfeaturesoflegal English. Fillinthefirstcolumnof table in ex. III, p. 5.

  7. Legal English – syntacticfeatures • Readthesecondlastparagraphsandfindthesyntacticfeaturesoflegal English. Provide examples. • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4.

  8. Legal English – modal verbs • Readthelastparagraphandfindthe modal verbsusedin Legal English. • 1. a) • b) • 2. • 3. • 4. a) • b)

  9. Legal English – modal verbs 1. a) SHALL – legal imperative, obligation, ‘has a duty to’ • Everyone SHALLabide by the Constitution and law and respect the legal order of the Republic. • b) SHALL NOT – prohibition • Theseconditions SHALL NOT applyif … • 2. MUST – requirement, obligation • Thesecurities MUST fulfillthefollowingessentialrequirements. • 3. SHOULD – non-mandatoryprovision, recommendation, goal The parties SHOULD in their discretion use an approved expert to carry out the tasks. • 4. a) MAY – permissionandauthorisation • The Company MAY assignthisAgreementwith prior writtenconsentoftheother party. • b) MAY NOT– exception to a general permission – • Thesecondcondition MAY NOT apply …

  10. PartTwo: Characteristicsof Legal English: Examples • Readexample I – The ActofSettlement (1700) and find the characteristicsoflegal English: • Technicalterms - • Legal doublets - • Collocations - • Modal verbs - • … • Readexample II – TheSuccession to theCrownAct 2013. How isitdifferentfromtheActofSettlement 1700? • Lexicalelements – • Sentecestructure – • Textlayout – • ….

  11. PartThree: Historyof English Definethefollowinggeographicalnames? The British Isles = The United Kingdom = Great Britain =Wales = Northern Ireland = Ireland= Answerthequestionsin ex. I. Studythechart.

  12. Sourcesof Legal English Discussthefollowingquestionswithyour partner. 1. Whichlanguageshaveinfluenced English? 2. How wasitinfluencedbythoselanguages? 3. Are theinfluencesvisibleinthemodern Legal English? Readthetextandcheckyouranswers.

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