Curs d'anglès jurídic intensiu estiu (40 hores lectives)
- Dates Del 02/07/2012 al 26/07/2012
- Horari Dillluns, dimarts, dimecres y dijous de 19.00 a 21.30 hores
- Lloc de celebració Aula per determinar
- Organitzador Comissió de Cultura
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INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LAW (October 2011 – June 2012)
This course is for people who need to use legal English vocabulary in their work, with foreign colleagues or clients: to describe or explain aspects of their own legal system; to find out about other systems. It will also help extend the vocabulary of business professionals who need some knowledge of legal English vocabulary for commercial agreements and transactions.
DESCRIPTIONThe course aims to help learners develop their legal English vocabulary. It is not intended to be an introduction to law in English speaking countries nor to be relied upon for information or advice about law or the practice of law. It presents vocabulary in the context of the legal systems in the UK because the meaning of any legal terms and the conceptual relationship between terms in located within a specific legal system.
This concentrates on the vocabulary arising from the practice of commercial law (including company law, contract formation, employment law, sale of goods, real property, and intellectual property).
CONTENTSTHE LEGAL SYSTEMLegal systems
Sources of law: legislation
Sources of law: common law
The court system
Criminal justice and criminal proceedings
Civil procedure
Tribunals
European Union law
LEGAL PROFESSIONALSSolicitors
Barristers
Working lives
Judges
A law firm’s structure and practiceLEGAL PROFESSIONALS IN PRACTICEClient care procedures
Money laundering procedures
Client correspondence
Explanations and clarification
Legalese
LAW IN PRACTICEBusiness organizations
Formation of a company
Raising capital by share sale
Debt financing: secured lending
Company directors and company secretaries
Insolvency and winding up
Alternative dispute resolution
Corporation Tax
Mergers and acquisitions
Anti-competitive behavior
LIABILITYTort 1: personal injury claim
Tort 2 : clinical negligence
CONTRACTForming a contract 1
Forming a contract 2
Structure of a commercial contract
Express and implied terms
Exclusion, limitation and standard clauses
Privacy of contract, discharge, and remedies
Standard terms in the sale and supple of goods
Licensing agreements and computer programs
Commercial leases
Buying and selling commercial property
Employment law
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYCopyright and patent
Trade marks, domain names, and remedies for IP infringement
Information technology law and cyber crimeENVIRONMENTAL LAWEnvironmental law
- Categoria Cursos
Contactes
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Comissió de Cultura
Mallorca, 283
08037 Barcelona , Barcelona - España
T. 93 601 12 12 - EXT. 5334 cat / 5434 cast F. 93 215 04 29 E. cultura@icab.cat




