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UNIVERSITATEA SPIRU HARETDepartamentul de Limbaje specializateLIMBA ENGLEZ, Anul I, sem. IFacultatea de Drept i Administraie Publica,

Specializrile Drept i Administraie PublicaManual obligatoriu pentru specializarea Drept i respectiv Administraie Public:Rdulescu Adina A Practical English Handbook for Law Students, Ed. Fundaiei

Romnia de Mine, Bucureti, 2006.

Modul de stabilire a notei finale: nvmnt cursuri de zi: test grila Blackboardnvmnt cursuri ID/FR: test grila Blackboard

Titularul cursului: Lector univ. dr.Adina Rdulescuadina.radulescu@yahoo.com

Coninutul tematic al cursului:

I. British Law vs. US Law (Unit 1, p. 7-15) Which are the main differences between the British Law and the US Law? Look up the following legal terms in a Legal Dictionary: defendant, prosecution,

defence, solicitor, barrister, writ, etc. Check your acquisition of English terms denoting different types of minor or

serious offences by solving the vocabulary exercises in Unit 1 (I-V).

Grammar: The Verbal Tenses the Indicative exercises VIII and IX (p. 14-15).

Exemplu de grile (vocabular i gramatic):

Choose the correct noun:A person who steals money placed in his care is called a/an .a. forgerb. arsonistc. embezzlerd. poacher

Choose the correct verbal tense:

Judge Williams ........................ today as judge Thomson has been taken ill.a. presidesb. will presidec. is presidingd. presided

II. Forms of Punishment (Unit 2, p. 16-23)

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Which are the main forms of punishment in the British legal system? What type of prisoners are eligible for parole and under what circumstances? What is community service? What is the difference betweenfelony and misdemeanour? Solve exercise VI ( p.

20-21).

Translate the following expression into Romanian then solve ex. III (p. 19): to beeligible for a remission, to be liable for punishment, to observe a condition, tocarry out a crime, to bind somebody over.

Check your acquisition of English terms denoting different types of minor orserious offences by solving the vocabulary exercise in Unit 2 (ex. VII, p. 21-22)

Grammar: The Verbal Tenses the Indicative exercise VIII (p. 22-23).

III. The European Court of Justice Composition and Structure (Unit 3, p. 24-31) Check your knowledge about the composition and structure of the European

Court of Justice by solving exercises I and II (p. 25-27). Practice the use of the main terms and expressions used in European legislation:

member state, advocate-general, to sit in plenary session, to appoint someone to

an office, to comply with the regulations, Grand Chamber, to convene a meetingetc. exercise V (p. 28-29).

Grammar: The Verbal Tenses the Indicative The Sequence of Tenses, Future-in-the-Past exercise VII (p. 30-31).

Exemplu de gril (vocabular):

Choose the correct answer:

The Court of Justice may now sit as a full Court, in a Grand . (13 Judges) when aMember State or a Community institution so requests.a. Reunion b. Roomc. Meetingd. Chamber

IV. Institutions of the Community (Unit 4, p. 32-38) What part does the Commission play in the European legal system? What happens when a member state infringes an obligation under the European

legislation? Check your acquisition of the new legal expressions by solving ex. I and II (p. 33-

34). What is a collocation? Give other examples of legal English collocations, starting

from ex. III and IV (p. 34- 35). Check your acquisition of the new legal terms by solving ex. V (p. 35-36).

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Grammar: Modal Verbs the main functions (ex. VII, p. 37-38) and the forms usedin the corresponding contexts (ex. VI, p. 36-37).

Exemplu de gril (gramatic):

Choose the correct modal construction expressing logical deduction:The window is broken; the intruder ............... to get into their bedroom.a. can have triedb. should have triedc. would have triedd. must have tried

V. Daily Telegraph (articles) (Unit 5, p. 39-46) Make a summary of each of the four cases presented in the newspaperDaily

Telegraph.

Translate these cases into Romanian and read similar cases from Daily Telegraph,by accessing it on-line and by choosing headlines that speak about different law-breakers.

Grammar: the Passive Voice turning sentences from active voice into passivevoice, the Sequence of Tenses exercises V, VI and VII (p. 42-46).

Exemple de grile (gramatic):

Choose the correct passive form:Right now I think I am ....................... . Come and pick me up!

a. followedb. being followedc. been followedd. following

Choose the correct passive form of the following active sentence: The Commissionhas just appointed the new President of the European Court of Justice.a. The new President of the European Court of Justice had just been appointed by the

Commission.b. The new President has just been appointed by the European Court of Justice.c. The Commission has just been appointed to vote the new President of the

European Court of Justice.d. The new President of the European Court of Justice has just been appointed by theCommission.

VI. Daily Telegraph (articles) (Unit 6, p. 47-52) Choose the corresponding summary for the eight paragraphs. Translate the text into Romanian and comment on it.

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Grammar: Prepositions Verbs and prepositions exercise IV (p. 51-52).

Exemple de grile (gramatic):

Choose the correct preposition:The attack, attributed . a new terrorist group, had many casualties.a. withb. onc. tod. up to

Choose the correct preposition:I am sure that this is one of the exceptions the rule.a. ofb. toc.

fromd. with

VII. Home Confinement (Unit 7, p. 53-58) What is Home Confinement? Look up the following legal terms in a Legal Dictionary: probation, parole,

supervised release, pretrial release, detention, sanction, inmate, etc. Practice legal collocations by solving exercise VI (p. 57-58).

Grammar: Plural Nouns spelling rules and Greek and Latin forms of plural nouns

exercise V (p. 57).Exemple de grile (gramatic):

Choose the correct plural noun:These are the result of hard work.a. analysisb. analysesc. analyse

Choose the correct plural noun:

What would you do if your .. disinherited your wife?a. parents-in-law b. parents-in-lawsc. parent-in-laws

Exemple de grile (vocabular):

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Choose the correct collocations by combining the words in set A: (1) community, (2)home, (3)probation with the words in set B: (1) officer, (2) service, (3) confinement.All three combinations have to be correct:a. community officer, home service, probation confinementb. community confinement, home officer, probation service

c. community service, home confinement, probation officerVIII. Grammar: the Infinitive the forms of Infinitive (Part II, Unit 3, p. 78-80) andthe Gerund the forms of the Gerund (Part II, Unit 4, p. 84-87).

Exemple de grile (gramatic):

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):Shall we proceed? Its no use .................... for the witness!a. to waitb. having to waitc.

waitingd. wait

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):Im sorry Your Honour, but I cant help ................... when I speak about my son.a. cryingb. not to cryc. not cryingd. cry

Bibliografia minim obligatorie:Rdulescu Adina A Practical English Handbook for Law Students, Ed. Fundaiei

Romnia de Mine, Bucureti, 2006Lavinia Ndrag, Manuela Stroescu English for Law Students, Ed. FundaieiRomnia deMine, Bucureti, 2002/6.Onorina Grecu Dicionar juridic romn-englez, englez-romn, Ed. C.H. Beck,Bucureti, 2008.

Bibliografie facultativ:A.J. Thomson and A.V. Martinet A Practical English Grammar - Exercises 1 and

Exercises 2, Oxford University Press, 1986.

Georgiana Gleanu Frnoag Sinteze de gramatic englez exerciii i teste deevaluare, Bucureti, 1992.