exam-summary-jazyk-i4-anglictina-pro-pravniky
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proceedings are usually less formal than in a court of law; ofers no appeal
process (unlike courts)
used in internaional trade law, employment maters (employment tribunal
in Britain)
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XII. Family Law
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marriage
o
a legal union (contract); is valid when it meets all the legal requirements
o
solemnized or concluded in church (religious) or before a state authority (civil)
o
solemnizaion has ixed rules, following them is necessary for validity of marriage
o
invalid / void without a peiion
bigamy
prohibited relaionships
minors
no legal capacity
o
voidable (peiion needed)
lack of valid consent
threat (duress)
error (mistake)
misrepresentaion (false informaion presented by the other party;
uvedení v omyl)
unsoundness of mind
o
terminaion
death of one of the spouses
nulliicaion
declared null and void as though it never existed → legal status
becomes SINGLE
reasons:
o
age; without reaching a certain age, a parent’s (Britain) or
court’s (Czech Republic) consent is needed
o
sex
spouses are required to be of opposite sex; same
sex marriages are allowed only in some countries,
same sex couples may conclude a registered
partnership instead
inability to reproduce may lead to inability to enter
into a marriage
o
lack of sex; if the marriage is not crowned with sexual
intercourse (hence not consummated)
o
bigamy
o
misrepresentaion
o
blood relaion to a certain degree
divorce
the only way of terminaing a legally valid marriage → legal status
becomes DIVORCED
U.S. law recognizes two types:
o
fault divorce
one party blames the other for the marriage’s
failure
o
no-fault divorce (uncontested divorce)
also referred to as dissoluion, i.e. terminaion by
agreement
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