Angličtina Šimek komplet
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they are employed by solicitors
solicitors
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work in court: preparing cases for barristers
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work out of court:
giving advice to the public – poskytování pomoci veřejnosti
drawing up documents – sepisování smluv
dealing with disputes settled out of court – zabývat se spory
urovnanými mimosoudně
How can you become a lawyer?
1. to pass professional exams
for barristers – the Bar Final examination
for solicitors – the Law Society Final examination
2. to practise as trainee-solicitor (for 2 years) or trainee-barrister (for 1 year) (= pupil)
3. to get a university degree in law – this is theoretically not necessary in England, anyway
every lawyer has a university degree
the Bar = advokátní komora
to be admitted to the Bar – být přijat do advokátní komory
the Bar struck off (inf. Strike off) a solicitor – advokátní komora vyloučila právníka z
komory
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Q.C. = Queen’s counsel
USA a Britain’s terminology of lawyers
USA – lawyer is called attorney (= zástupce, advokát); Attorney General – ministr
spravedlnosti
Britain – lawyer is either a barrister or a solicitor; Attorney General – nejvyšší
prokurátor
What is legalese and what are legalese’s features? Legalese is the professional language of lawyers.
English legalese is characterized by (features of legalese):
1. Words and expressions which have no meaning for non-lawyers. Some of them
came from Latin or French (French because of invasion of Normans in Britain). For
example:
replevin – the right to take back goods which were illegally removed
nemo dat (quod non habet) – the principle that a person has no right to
property acquired from a person who did not legally own it
cy-pres – the court’s right to grant property to another similar charity if the
charity the donor hoped to benefit does not exist