Research Seminar “ Legal Terminology in the Anglo-Saxon Legal System”

2024/2025

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

School of Foreign Languages

Course type:

Elective course

When:

2 year, 3, 4 module

Instructor

Paramonova, Elena V.

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The programme is designed for second-year HSE students (modules 3 and 4) studying in the bachelor's degree programmes "Jurisprudence" and "Jurisprudence: Private Law." This special course forms language competencies in the field of jurisprudence: knowledge of the basics of the legal system of England; the basics of contract law, public law, criminal law, and tort law. Students of the course will learn to understand legal texts, listen to and understand professional legal communication, and competently compose legal texts, including documents such as contracts, letters, and so on. The course is designed for the formation and development of knowledge of legal terminology and expressions for further use in professional activities, such as when applying for a job or while working in international and domestic law firms, in legal departments and departments of corporations, banks, representative offices of foreign firms, and joint ventures. The programme has been compiled taking into account modern requirements for the formation of foreign language communicative and professional competencies among students of non-linguistic specialties. The programme was developed in accordance with the "Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics" and the "Concept of Development of English-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students." The discipline provides five tests. The course ends with the protection of the project (individual or group). There are no blocking control elements. The requirement for this course is that students must be proficient in English at the B1 level.

Learning Objectives

• The aims of the course are: - to improve student’s ability to read and understand law journal articles, commercial legislation, legal texts, legal correspondence; - to increase student’s comprehension of spoken English (legal topics in lectures, presentations, interviews, discussions, etc); - to strengthen student’s speaking and writing skills in a range of situations typical of the study of law and the practice of law (client interview, act out in court etc.); - to develop an understanding of the law and consolidate language skills; - to engage in designing a contract or employment contract; - to read or listen to legal articles, letters, proposals, client interviews or presentations.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Знает основные типы юридических специальностей в англо-саксонском праве. Знает основные сферы права в англо-саксонском праве. Дает определение основных понятий. Осуществляет коммуникацию в рамках профессионального взаимодействия (на английском языке). Корректно использует юридическую терминологию.

Course Contents

• Legal Profession
• Banking Law
• Contract Law
• Employment Law
• Tort Law
• Understanding Contracts (1)
• Company Law
• Business Law
• Types of Contract Clauses

Assessment Elements

• Current Work Assessment
• Midterm Assessment
• Independent Work Assessment
• Final Project

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 4th module
  0.2 * Current Work Assessment + 0.4 * Final Project + 0.2 * Independent Work Assessment + 0.2 * Midterm Assessment

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• A manual of style for contract drafting, Adams, K. A., 2017
• Aylott, E. (2018). Employment Law : A Practical Introduction (Vol. Second edition). London: Kogan Page. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1881214
• Business law, Judge, S., 2009
• Business law, Rush, J., 2006
• Cases, materials and text on contract law, , 2019
• Company law, Dine, J., 2009
• Contract law : text, cases, and materials, McKendrick, E., 2018
• Contract law, McKendrick, E., 1997
• Contract law, McKendrick, E., 2009
• Contract law, McKendrick, E., 2019
• Employment law, Lockton, D. J., 2003
• Employment law, Lockton, D. J., 2011
• Hough, T., & Kirk, E. (2018). Contract Law. Abingdon, Oxon [UK]: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1761737
• Marson, J. (2011). Business Law: Vol. Second edition. OUP Oxford.
• Ottley, M. (2013). Company Law (Vol. 8th ed). Abingdon, Oxon [UK]: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=513577
• Tort law textbook, Lewthwaite, J., 2004
• Tort law, McBride, N. J., 2005

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Adams, K. A., & American Bar Association. (2013). A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting: Vol. Third edition. American Bar Association.
• Andenas,Mads, & Wooldridge,Frank. (2012). European Comparative Company Law. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.b.cup.cbooks.9781107407640
• Austen-Baker, R. (2017). Implied Terms in English Contract Law (Vol. Second edition). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1494713
• Business law : principles and practices, Goldman, A. J., 2007
• Business law 2020-2021, Slorach, J. S., 2020
• Business law, Keenan, D., 2005
• Butler, M., & Hardy, S. (2016). European Employment Laws - A Comparative Guide. Spiramus Press.
• Cahn, A., & Donald, D. C. (2010). Comparative Company Law : Text and Cases on the Laws Governing Corporations in Germany, the UK and the USA. Cambridge: Cambridge eText. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=324117
• Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, & Michael Anderson Schillig. (2019). Comparative Company Law. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2227470
• Common law legal English and grammar : a contextual approach, Riley, A., 2014
• Company law : fundamental principles, Griffin, S., 2006
• Company law and corporate finance, Ferran, E., 1999
• Company law in context : text and materials, Kershaw, D., 2012
• Company law in practice, Sime, S., 2014
• Comparative company law : a case-based approach, , 2013
• Comparative company law : text and cases on the laws governing corporations in Germany, the UK and the USA, Cahn, A., 2018
• Dent, J. . G. W. (2009). Business Lawyers as Enterprise Architect. Business Lawyer, 64(2), 279–327. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=bsu&AN=37382214
• Diamanta Sojeva. (2018). Similarities and Differences between the Credit Contract and the Loan Contract in the Banking Law. Acta Universitatis Danubius: Juridica, (2), 25. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsdoj&AN=edsdoj.53c41606fe864695a3763fae46c29124
• E. Tyagay. (2016). Russian Business Law. BRICS Law Journal, (2), 176. https://doi.org/10.21684/2412-2343-2016-3-2-176-179
• E. Tyagay. (2016). Russian Business Law. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.B491103B
• Ebisui, M., International Labour Office, Rōdō Seisaku Kenkyū Kenshū Kikō, Cooney, S., & Fenwick, C. F. (2016). Resolving Individual Labour Disputes : A Comparative Overview. Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Organization. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1484327
• Focarelli, C. (2019). International Law. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2169048
• Klabbers, J. (2013). International Law. Cambridge: Cambridge eText. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=533827
• Lankford, K. (2018). The New Banking Law Has Perks for You. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.54F07831
• Legal English : how to understand and master the language of law, McKay, W. R., 2011
• Levi, M. (2012). States, Frauds, and the Threat of Transnational Organized Crime. Journal of International Affairs, 66(1), 39–50. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=asn&AN=84319350
• McKendrick, E. (2012). Contract Law : Text, Cases, and Materials (Vol. Fifth edition). Oxford, U.K.: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=678166
• Modern tort law, Harpwood, V., 2009
• Richard J. Bolton, David J. Hand, & David J. H. (2002). Statistical Fraud Detection: A Review. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.46D88353
• Shaw, M. N. (2008). International Law (Vol. 6th ed). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge eText. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=304677
• SULLIVAN JR., F. (2018). Banking, Business, and Contract Law. Indiana Law Review, 51(4), 945–991. https://doi.org/10.18060/4806.1209
• The global workplace: international and comparative employment law : case and materials, Blanpain, R., 2012

Authors

• Burimskaia DIANA VALENTINOVNA
• PARAMONOVA ELENA VLADIMIROVNA