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BEDRIJFSMANAGEMENT:RECHTSPRAKTIJK
Karel de Grote Hogeschool
Shania Vandenbergh
Academiejaar 2022 – 2023
LEGAL ENGLISH
Course
,Content
1 BBC News.............................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Week 1 – 28/09/2022...................................................................................................................4
1.2 Week 2 – 05/10/2022...................................................................................................................4
1.3 Week 3 – 12/10/2022...................................................................................................................5
1.4 Week 4:.........................................................................................................................................6
1.5 Week 5: nothing...........................................................................................................................6
1.6 Week 6 : vacation.........................................................................................................................6
1.7 Week 7 – 15/11/2022...................................................................................................................6
1.8 Week 8 – 22/11/2022...................................................................................................................7
1.9 Week 9 – 06/12/2022...................................................................................................................7
2 Vocabulary...........................................................................................................................................8
2.1 Chapter 1......................................................................................................................................8
2.1.1 warming up............................................................................................................................8
2.1.2 Areas of law...........................................................................................................................8
2.1.3 Substantive and procedural law............................................................................................9
2.1.4 International and national law...............................................................................................9
2.1.5 Legal method: working with dictionaries.............................................................................10
2.1.6 Collocations.........................................................................................................................10
2.1.7 Sources of law......................................................................................................................12
2.2 Chapter 2....................................................................................................................................12
2.2.1 Warming up.........................................................................................................................12
2.2.2 Why are lawyers so disliked?...............................................................................................12
2.2.3 Paralegals.............................................................................................................................13
2.2.4 Law degree in Belgium.........................................................................................................13
2.2.5 Law degrees in common law systems (UK)..........................................................................13
2.2.6 Law degree in USA...............................................................................................................14
2.2.7 Courts and judges................................................................................................................14
2.3 Chapter 3: civil procedure...........................................................................................................15
2.3.1 A dispute about a stolen bike goes to court (VOCABULARY!!).............................................15
2.3.2 The Belgian system..............................................................................................................16
2.3.3 An amicable solution?..........................................................................................................17
2.3.4 suspension of payments, bankruptcy and debt relief..........................................................18
2.3.5 Paying the rent.....................................................................................................................18
2.3.6 A tort next door...................................................................................................................19
, 2.4 Chapter 5: commercial law.........................................................................................................19
2.4.1 Warming up.........................................................................................................................19
2.4.2 Business entities..................................................................................................................20
2.4.3 General terms and conditions..............................................................................................20
2.5 Chapter 6: labour law and social security law.............................................................................22
2.5.1 Warming up.........................................................................................................................22
2.5.2 The employment agreement (EXAMEN)..............................................................................23
2.5.3 Termination of employment................................................................................................26
2.5.4 Old-age pensions.................................................................................................................27
Assignment 6.10...........................................................................................................................27
2.6 Chapter 9: Criminal law..............................................................................................................27
2.6.1 Warming up.........................................................................................................................27
2.6.2 Areas of substantive criminal law........................................................................................28
2.6.3 More about defences...........................................................................................................29
2.6.4 Criminal procedure: the preliminary phase and coercive measures (p. 128).......................30
2.6.5 Criminal procedure: the trial................................................................................................32
2.6.6 Comparing Dutch and American criminal law......................................................................33
2.6.7 Parties to the crime (before the trial)..................................................................................33
3 Grammar...........................................................................................................................................34
3.1 EGU: units 17 have (got).............................................................................................................34
3.2 Mind you.....................................................................................................................................34
3.3 EGU unit 18: used to do = habit in the past................................................................................34
3.4 EGU unit 61: be/get used to doing.............................................................................................34
3.5 EGU unit 25: when and if............................................................................................................34
3.6 Modals........................................................................................................................................35
3.6.1 EGU U35: had better............................................................................................................35
3.6.2 EGU U35: it’s time................................................................................................................35
3.6.3 EGU U35: would...................................................................................................................35
3.6.4 EGU U37: can/could/would/may?.......................................................................................35
3.6.5 EGU U112: even...................................................................................................................36
3.6.6 EGU U114: in case................................................................................................................36
3.6.7 EGU U115: unless, as long as, provided / -ing......................................................................36
3.6.8 EGU U46: having something done.......................................................................................36
3.6.9 EGU U47: reported speech..................................................................................................36
3.7 Special cases!!!...........................................................................................................................36
3.7.1 EGU U84: there & it.............................................................................................................37
, 4 Vocabulary.........................................................................................................................................38
5 Exam..................................................................................................................................................54
5.1 Reading (20 %)............................................................................................................................54
5.2 Vocabulary (25 %).......................................................................................................................54
5.3 Plain english (10%)......................................................................................................................54
5.4 The news (5%)............................................................................................................................54
5.5 Grammar (10%)..........................................................................................................................55
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