Identifying Data 2015/16
Subject (*) Inglés Xurídico-Económico Code 612847211
Study programme
Mestrado Universitario en Dereito: Estudos da Unión Europea (plan 2012)
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Official Master's Degree 2nd four-month period
First Obligatoria 1
Language
English
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Filoloxía Inglesa
Coordinador
Soto Vazquez, Adolfo Luis
E-mail
luis.soto@udc.es
Lecturers
Soto Vazquez, Adolfo Luis
E-mail
luis.soto@udc.es
Web
General description

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A1 Comprensión del pasado jurídico común europeo.
A2 Manejo solvente de la información sobre la UE y de los portales jurídicos y de información de la Unión Europea.
A3 Conocimiento de las áreas geográficas y de los aspectos materiales en los que se desenvuelve la acción exterior de la Unión Europea.
B3 CG3 Manexo solvente da información sobre a UE e dos portais xurídicos e de información da Unión Europea
B7 CB8 - Que os estudantes sexan capaces de integrar coñecementos e enfrontarse á complexidade de formular xuízos a partires dunha información que, sendo incompleta ou limitada, inclúa reflexións sobre as responsabilidades sociais e éticas vencelladas á aplicación dos seus coñecementos e xuízos
B9 CB10 - Que os estudantes posúan as habilidades de aprendizaxe que lles permitan continuar estudando dun modo que haberá de ser en grande medida autodirixido ou autónomo.
C1 Expresarse correctamente, tanto de forma oral coma escrita, nas linguas oficiais da comunidade autónoma.
C2 Dominar a expresión e a comprensión de forma oral e escrita dun idioma estranxeiro.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
Ámbito semántico de la terminologia del inglés jurídico y problemas que plantea su compresnsión. AR1
AR2
AR3
Manexo solvente de información sobre a UE e dos portais xurídicos e de información da Uni.on Europea BR3
Que os estudantes sexan capaces de integrar coñecementos e afrontar á complexidade de formular xuízos a partires de unha información que, sendo incompleta ou limitada, inclúa reflexións sobre as responsabilidades sociais e éticas vencelladas á aplicación dos seus coñecementos e xuízos. BR7
Que os estudantes posúan as habilidades de aprendizaxe que lles permitan continuar estudando dun modo que haberá de ser en gran medida autodirixido ou autónomo. BR9
Expresarse correctamente, tanto de forma oral como escrita, nas linguas oficias da comunidade autónoma. CR1
Dominar a expresión e a comprensión de forma oral e escrita dun idioma estranxeiro. CR2

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
UNIT 1: Contracts Purchase-sale contract
Obligations of the seller
Lease or leasehold contract
Employment contract
UNIT 2: Company Law Sole trader
Partnership
Company or corporation
UNIT 3:White-collar offences Piracy
Trade marks
Breach of copyright
UNIT 4: Insuarance policy Legal right
Legal liability

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Directed discussion A2 A3 B3 14 4 18
Oral presentation C1 C2 5 0 5
Objective test A1 B7 B9 1 0 1
 
Personalized attention 1 0 1
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Directed discussion
Teacher-guided discussion and debate of primary texts and their problems
Oral presentation
Oral presentation of writing essays
Objective test
List of questions chosen from the primary texts

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Directed discussion
Description
Teacher-guided discussion and debate of primary texts an d theeir problems.
Oral presentation of the wrinting essays in class.
List of questions chosen from the primary texts.

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Oral presentation C1 C2 Oral presentation of writing essays in class. 30
Directed discussion A2 A3 B3 Teacher-guided discussion and debate of primary texts and their problems with short written exerecises. 20
Objective test A1 B7 B9 List of questions chosen from the primary texts 50
 
Assessment comments

All evaluated work must score at least 4/10. You must do at least 50% of the work  required to  be elegible for a final grade. If you fail to pass the final exam (objective test), the oral presentation or the short written tetxs, thes parts must be reapeted in the July exam period.


Those who are officially registered as part-time students, and have been granted permission not to attend classes, as stipulated in the regulations of this University, will be assessed in either of the opportunities according to the same criteria specified for the second opportunity.


Sources of information
Basic

Textos de Inglés Jurídico Empresarial

Market Leader

. Business Law.Longman.Madrid,2000.

Market Leader.Pre Intermediate. Longman, 2001

Market Leader. Intermediate. Longman, 2001

Howe,B.Portfolio. Case Studies for Business English. Harlow: Longman Group Ltd.,

1987.

Complementary

Textos de gramática inglesa

Murphy, R

. English Grammar in Use.

Swan, M

. Practical English Usage. Oxford

Swan y Walter. How English works.Oxford.1997.


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.