Unit I. Employment law

Introduction to Civil Law

BASIC TERMS

The following terms introduce you to the law and basic legal terminology. Find the definition for each term.

authority lawyers govern judge rule legislation law enforcement agency lawyers legal action legal system tribunal court the judiciary

1. …………: a body that is appointed to make a judgment or inquiry.

2. …………: a country's body of judges.

3. …………: an act or acts passed by a law-making body.

4. …………: behavior recognized by a community as binding or enforceable by authority.

5. …………: legal proceedings.

6. …………: an official body that has authority to try criminals, resolves disputes, or makes other legal decision.

7. …………: an organization responsible for enforcing the law, especially the police.

8. …………: a senior official in a court of law.

9. …………: the body or system of rules recognized by a community that is enforceable by established process.

10. …………: the control resulting from following a community's system of rules.

11. ………..: members of the legal profession.

12. ………..: to rule a society and control the behavior of its members.

13. ………..: term which refers to all professionals working in the legal profession; it does not refer to a specific job.

Match the following:

1. 2. 3. 4.

Forbid Govern Provide Punish

a. b. c. d.

modify and amend ensure observe, respect deny

5. 6. 7.

Obey Deprive Review

e. f. g.

sentence regulate prohibit, ban

Civil Law aims to regulate relations between individuals or between individuals and organizations. There are many branches of civil law.

Match the subject areas in the box with the branches of law below. Think of examples of real life cases that would fall under each branch of civil law.

agriculture civil rights divorce environmental law foreign relations law joint venture landlord-tenant pensions product liability property tax unfair competition

Areas	Branches	Example
	Accident and Injury compensation and prevention	I
Constitutional Law, Individual Rights
Employment Law
Enterprise Law
Family Law
Intellectual Property
International, Transnational, Comparative Law
Law relating to Commercial Transactions
Law relating to Particular Activities/Business Sectors
Property, Natural Resources, the Environment
Taxation

READING:

Employment Law,

Introduction to Employment Law,

EU employment laws mean case bonanza,

Discrimination.

LISTENING:

Work vs. Job,

Types of employment,

Employer’s duty towards employee,

Employee’s duty,

Employment contract,

Wrongful and unfair dismissal,

Redundancy and retirement dismissal,

Remedies for wrongful or unfair dismissal,

An employment tribunalclaim,

Liability risks.

SPEAKING:

Agreeing and disagreeing,

Case discussion

WRITING:

Attachments and formality,

Advising on advantages and disadvantages in an email

GRAMMAR:

Gerund vs. Infinitive

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