Englisch Level 3 (JUR): Civil Procedure and the Law of Obligations [SZENL3LAWCPO]

Dozent/in:

Dozenten

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2,5, nur Fachstudium, Programm der erweiterten Fachsprachausbildung: Kurs Level 3 (JUR); Vorbildung zwingend erforderlich: Beachten Sie bitte die Teilnahmevoraussetzungen

Studienrichtungen / Studienfächer:

WF JUR-GS-W ab 4
WF JUR-GS-S ab 4

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

This level 3 law course is part of the legal English certificate programme Fachsprache Jura.
The course may only be attended by those law students who have already satisfactorily completed at least the compulsory course Introduction to English Legal Language.
If you have any questions regarding the content or the requirements - in particular if you have previously studied at another university or wish to have courses recognised from a period of study abroad, please contact us via Email: hallo@jurasprachen.de

COMBINATION WITH OTHER ENGLISH COURSES
You may attend this course and other level 3 law courses and / or general English courses in the same semester.

REGISTRATION
Registration is obligatory for this course online via StudOn

ATTENDANCE
Regular attendance and active participation are required in order to successfully complete this course, therefore attendance at the face-to-face sessions and/or Zoom meetings is compulsory in accordance with the university guidelines which are relevant in determining admissibility to the exam.

ASSESSMENT
There are three components to the assessment for this course:

• A 10 minute individual oral examination (30% of the final grade) which will take place in the week 6th - 10th February 2023

• A listening comprehension summary task (30%)⁺

• A text production task (40%)⁺

⁺The listening and text production tasks will be made available via StudOn on Wednesday, 21st December 2022 and must be submitted - also via StudOn - by Sunday, 8th January 2023 at the latest.

Registration for the exam via campo is required during the registration period announced by the examinations office. The exam number is 30154.

REPEATING THE COURSE
This course is offered every semester. Students who fail the exam and wish to retake it may do so at the end of the next semester without having to retake the whole course, providing they obtain the grade 4,7. Students who fail with the grade 5,0 may be required to retake the whole course before being allowed to attempt the exam again.

Inhalt:

The law of obligations is the term used to group together two distinct fields of law: the law of torts and contract law.

This course focuses on the acquisition of the core legal terminology used in these two fields and introduces students to fundamental legal principles in these areas. In addition to that, you will discover what procedures are involved in taking a civil case to court and the terminology used in civil procedural law.

The course consists of 3 units:
1. Civil Procedure
2. The Law of Torts
3. The Law of Contract

Empfohlene Literatur:

All materials and course resources will be provided online (via StudOn).

Schlagwörter:

Juristische Fachsprachausbildung

Englisch Level 3 (JUR): Criminal Procedure and Criminal Law [SZENL3LAWCRIM]

Dozent/in:

Dozenten

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2,5, nur Fachstudium, Programm der erweiterten Fachsprachausbildung: Kurs Level 3 (JUR); Vorbildung zwingend erforderlich: Beachten Sie bitte die Teilnahmevoraussetzungen

Studienrichtungen / Studienfächer:

WF JUR-GS-W ab 4
WF JUR-GS-S ab 4

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

This level 3 law course is part of the legal English certificate programme Fachsprache Jura.
The course may only be attended by those law students who have already satisfactorily completed at least the compulsory course Introduction to English Legal Language.
If you have any questions regarding the content or the requirements - in particular if you have previously studied at another university or wish to have courses recognised from a period of study abroad, please contact us via Email: hallo@jurasprachen.de

COMBINATION WITH OTHER ENGLISH COURSES
You may attend this course and other level 3 law courses and / or general English courses in the same semester.

REGISTRATION
Registration is obligatory for this course online via StudOn

ATTENDANCE
Regular attendance and active participation are required in order to successfully complete this course, therefore attendance at the face-to-face sessions and/or Zoom meetings is compulsory in accordance with the university guidelines which are relevant in determining admissibility to the exam.

ASSESSMENT
There are three components to the assessment for this course:

• A 10 minute individual oral examination (30% of the final grade) which will take place in the week 6th - 10th February 2023

• A listening comprehension summary task (30%)⁺

• A text production task (40%)⁺

⁺The listening and text production tasks will be made available via StudOn on Wednesday, 21st December 2022 and must be submitted - also via StudOn - by Sunday, 8th January 2023 at the latest.

Registration for the exam via campo is required during the registration period announced by the examinations office. The exam number is 30155.

REPEATING THE COURSE
This course is offered every semester. Students who fail the exam and wish to retake it may do so at the end of the next semester without having to retake the whole course, providing they obtain the grade 4,7. Students who fail with the grade 5,0 may be required to retake the whole course before being allowed to attempt the exam again.

Inhalt:

This course first introduces students to the terminology and procedures involved in bringing a criminal case to trial, the trial itself, the rules of evidence and how offenders are sentenced. Students will then study the basic concepts of substantive criminal law by looking at the elements of a crime, specific offences against property and crimes against the person and possible defences, as well as the language used in this field.

The course consists of 3 units:
1. Pre-trial Criminal Procedure
2. The Criminal Trial & Sentencing
3. Substantive Criminal Law:

• Elements of crimes

• Offences against the person & offences against property

• Defences
  

Empfohlene Literatur:

All materials and course resources will be provided online (via StudOn).

Schlagwörter:

Juristische Fachsprachausbildung

Englisch Level 3 (JUR): Private Law A: Company & Commercial Law, Competition Law, Intellectual Property [SZENL3LAWPLA]

Dozent/in:

Dozenten

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2,5, nur Fachstudium, Programm der erweiterten Fachsprachausbildung: Kurs Level 3 (JUR); Vorbildung zwingend erforderlich: Beachten Sie bitte die Teilnahmevoraussetzungen

Studienrichtungen / Studienfächer:

WF JUR-GS-W ab 4
WF JUR-GS-S ab 4

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

This level 3 law course is part of the legal English certificate programme Fachsprache Jura.
The course may only be attended by those law students who have already satisfactorily completed at least the compulsory course Introduction to English Legal Language.
If you have any questions regarding the content or the requirements - in particular if you have previously studied at another university or wish to have courses recognised from a period of study abroad, please contact us via Email: hallo@jurasprachen.de

COMBINATION WITH OTHER ENGLISH COURSES
You may attend this course and other level 3 law courses and / or general English courses in the same semester.

REGISTRATION
Registration is obligatory for this course online via StudOn

ATTENDANCE
Regular attendance and active participation are required in order to successfully complete this course, therefore attendance at the face-to-face sessions and/or Zoom meetings is compulsory in accordance with the university guidelines which are relevant in determining admissibility to the exam.

ASSESSMENT
There are three components to the assessment for this course:

• A 10 minute individual oral examination (30% of the final grade) which will take place in the week 6th - 10th February 2023

• A listening comprehension summary task (30%)⁺

• A text production task (40%)⁺

⁺The listening and text production tasks will be made available via StudOn on Wednesday, 21st December 2022 and must be submitted - also via StudOn - by Sunday, 8th January 2023 at the latest.

Registration for the exam via campo is required during the registration period announced by the examinations office. The exam number is 30156.

REPEATING THE COURSE
This course is offered every semester. Students who fail the exam and wish to retake it may do so at the end of the next semester without having to retake the whole course, providing they obtain the grade 4,7. Students who fail with the grade 5,0 may be required to retake the whole course before being allowed to attempt the exam again.

Inhalt:

Private Law A covers three separate areas of private law: company and commercial law, intellectual property and competition law.

In company and commercial law you will look at the formation of companies, consider the differences between German, English and American corporate structures, learn and use company-related vocabulary and terminology, discover what commercial law encompasses and the laws which govern it, and consider when relevant legislation such as the Sale of Goods Act (UK), the Uniform Commercial Code (USA) and the the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) come into play.

Intellectual property covers the various protection rights such as copyright, patents, design rights and trademarks. You will look at these in the context of the commercial areas which they influence and consider some of the issues surrounding the protection of these rights through legislation and case law.

Competition law deals with the objectives of legal protection and the different areas of regulation concerning anti-competitive behaviour, also considering the relationship which exists between competition and IP law. You will identify the legislative instruments used to regulate anti-competitive behaviour in various jurisdictions and learn and utilise the legal terminology associated with this field of law.

The course consists of 3 units:

1. Intellectual Propety
2. Competition Law
3. Company & Commerical Law

Empfohlene Literatur:

All materials and course resources will be provided online (via StudOn).

Schlagwörter:

Juristische Fachsprachausbildung

Englisch Level 3 (JUR): Private Law B: Family Law, Employment Law, Property Law, the Law of Succession [SZENL3LAWPLB]

Dozent/in:

Dozenten

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2,5, nur Fachstudium, Programm der erweiterten Fachsprachausbildung: Kurs Level 3; Vorbildung zwingend erforderlich: Beachten Sie bitte die Teilnahmevoraussetzungen

Studienrichtungen / Studienfächer:

WF JUR-GS-W ab 4
WF JUR-GS-S ab 4

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

This level 3 law course is part of the legal English certificate programme Fachsprache Jura.
The course may only be attended by those law students who have already satisfactorily completed at least the compulsory course Introduction to English Legal Language.
If you have any questions regarding the content or the requirements - in particular if you have previously studied at another university or wish to have courses recognised from a period of study abroad, please contact us via Email: hallo@jurasprachen.de

COMBINATION WITH OTHER ENGLISH COURSES
You may attend this course and other level 3 law courses and / or general English courses in the same semester.

REGISTRATION
Registration is obligatory for this course online via StudOn

ATTENDANCE
Regular attendance and active participation are required in order to successfully complete this course, therefore attendance at the face-to-face sessions and/or Zoom meetings is compulsory in accordance with the university guidelines which are relevant in determining admissibility to the exam.

ASSESSMENT
There are three components to the assessment for this course:

• A 10 minute individual oral examination (30% of the final grade) which will take place in the week 6th - 10th February 2023

• A listening comprehension summary task (30%)⁺

• A text production task (40%)⁺

⁺The listening and text production tasks will be made available via StudOn on Wednesday, 21st December 2022 and must be submitted - also via StudOn - by Sunday, 8th January 2023 at the latest.

Registration for the exam via campo is required during the registration period announced by the examinations office. The exam number is 30157.

REPEATING THE COURSE
This course is offered every semester. Students who fail the exam and wish to retake it may do so at the end of the next semester without having to retake the whole course, providing they obtain the grade 4,7. Students who fail with the grade 5,0 may be required to retake the whole course before being allowed to attempt the exam again.

Inhalt:

The course consists of 4 units and covers four separate areas of private law:

1. Employment Law
2. Family Law
3. Property Law
4. Inheritance Law

1. Employment law deals with the rights and obligations of employers and employees before, during and at the termination of employment, the tribunal system in the UK, considers the various anti-discrimination legislation in the EU, England and Germany, and covers the terminology used in this area of law.

2. Family law covers the law relating to family matters and you will be examining this in the context of marriage, divorce, parental responsibility and the rights of children. You will examine the courts which have family law jurisdiction and the legislation which guides them, as well as relevant case law in this area.

3. Property law encompasses the laws concerning the acquisition, sharing and protection of valuable assets in England and Wales. You will look at this in the context of the four areas which fall into this field of law; land law, also known as ‘real property’, trust law, personal property and intellectual property, as well as learn and utilise topic specific terminology.

4. In inheritance law you will look at what happens to a person’s property upon that person’s death, what is required for a will to be valid, the different legal approaches when a person dies with/without leaving a will, and learn and use related terminology in this field of law. An examination and comparison of the relevant legislative instruments used in both England and Germany is also covered together with cross -boarder issues.

Empfohlene Literatur:

All materials and course resources will be provided online (via StudOn).

Schlagwörter:

Juristische Fachsprachausbildung