Bachelor
2023/2024
International legal English
Type:
Compulsory course
Area of studies:
Law
Delivered by:
School of International Law
Where:
Faculty of Law
When:
3 year, 3, 4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Diana Burimskaya
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
6
Contact hours:
80
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The programme is intended for 3d-year students of the Higher School of Economics of the Bachelor's degree programme “Jurisprudence”. The program aims at professional development of future lawyers’ soft skills: 1) language skills (oral and written professional English language, legal terminology and professional vocabulary; grammar of the advanced/proficiency level, active listening in the key typical situations of the legal discourse (an interview with the client, oral report to the superior, project work communication, mediation); efficiency in dealing with authentic legal texts of different amounts); 2) cognitive skills (critical thinking, communicating with the frame of team work, managing a team); feedback (mutual monitoring and peer review); discussion (identifying a problem, arranging and monitoring discussion, participating in a discussion, developing an argument); presentation of interim and final results (projects, cases) in the form of report, review and presentation). The program creates the ground for further success in any studies of Law in the frame of academic mobility. The programme is based on the Concept of Development of English-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students of non-linguistic specialties. The programme is developed under the Regulations on the Curriculum of the Academic Discipline of Higher Education Programmes – Bachelor's, specialist's, Master's Programmes of the Higher School of Economics and the Regulations for Interim and Ongoing Assessments of Students at National Research University Higher School of Economics. The minimum requirement for successfully mastering this programme is B 2 English language proficiency.
Learning Objectives
- 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.
- To develop an understanding of the law and consolidate language skills.
- To read or listen to legal articles, cases, law reports.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Identify the sources of international law
- Understand what treaties are and their importance in States’ relations.
- Understand the various meanings of ‘jurisdiction’.
- Understand the meaning of ‘immunity’ and the various senses in which we use the term in international law.
- Understand the processes for peacefully settling disputes amongst States.
- Understand what State responsibility is and its role in State relations.
- Understand the role of the International Court of Justice in settling international disputes.
- Understand the nature of IEL.
- Comprehend how, and by what means, human rights are protected.
Course Contents
- Topic 1 Sources of International Law/The Practice of Law
- Topic 2. The Law of Treaties/ Company Law: company formation and management
- Topic 3. Jurisdiction/ Company Law: capitalisation
- Topic 4. Immunity/ company Law: fundamental changes in a company
- Topic 5 State Responsibility/ Contracts: contract formation
- Topic 6 The Settlement of International Disputes/ Contracts: remedies
- Topic 7 The ICJ/ Contracts: assignment and third-party rights
- Topic 8 International Human Rights Law/ Employment Law
- Topic 9 International Economic Law/ Sale of goods
