- •Київський університет права
- •Англійська мова для юристів-міжнародників
- •Kyiv University of Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- •Breaking New Ground
- •Reading 2: Read the text and get ready to define whether the following statements are true or false:
- •Stanford Law School
- •Вища освіта за кордоном
- •Active Vocabulary
- •Task 4. Translate the following sentences from Ukrainian into English:
- •Structure of the United Nations
- •Language Focus
- •1. Advice / advise
- •2. Censure / censor
- •3. Council / counsel
- •Appendix 1
- •The Charter of the United Nations
- •Chapter I: purposes and principles
- •Article 1
- •The Purposes of the United Nations are:
- •Article 2
- •Appendix 2
- •Article 38
- •Active vocabulary
- •Human Rights
- •In every moment play your part!
- •If obstacles happen on the way,
- •Language Focus
- •Word-formation
- •Prepositions
- •Appendix 1 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (udhr)
- •Active Vocabulary
- •More about the European Union:
- •Task 5. Translate the following sentences from Ukrainian into English:
- •Language Focus
- •Active vocabulary
- •Make-up of a business letter
- •Lesson 1
- •1. Letterhead
- •2. Sender's (return) address
- •3. Date
- •4. Inside address
- •5. Opening salutation
- •6. Closing salutation
- •7. Signature
- •Supplements in official and business letters
- •1. Attention line
- •2. Subject line
- •3. Reference initials
- •4. Enclosure notation
- •5. Copy notation
- •6. Envelope
- •Lesson 2 body of a letter
- •Exercises
- •Active Vocabolary
- •Language focus
- •— “A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages.” — “When a diplomat says yes he means perhaps; when he says perhaps he means no; when he says no he is no diplomat.”
- •Appendix 1
- •Appendix 2 Properly dressed woman in diplomacy and business
- •10 Golden rules
- •Active Vocabulary
- •I. Letters of credence and letters of recall
- •Assignments
- •II. Verbale notes, personal notes and circular notes
- •Verbal Notes
- •Assignments
- •II. Personal Notes
- •III. Circular notes.
- •Appendix 1
- •Appendix 2
- •Appendix 3
- •III. Treaties
- •Assignments
- •Treaty on the European Union
- •Про громадянські і політичні права
- •Treaty Establishing the European Community
- •IV. Agrément
- •Assignments
- •Interoffice memoranda
- •Assignments
- •Interoffice memorandum
- •Final instruments of intergovernmental negotiations and visits: communiqués and (joint) statemets
- •Joint Communiqués
- •Assignments
- •Active Vocabolary
Active Vocabulary
Bill of Rights |
1) Білль про права (у Великій Британії) 2) перші десять поправок до конституції США |
collective rights |
права груп(и) людей |
commitment to human rights |
відданість правам людини |
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen |
Декларація прав людини і громадянина |
development of human rights |
розвиток прав людини |
elements of human rights |
елементи прав людини |
equal rights |
рівні права |
expression of human rights |
вираження прав людини |
framework of human rights |
основа прав людини |
fundamental rights |
основні права |
human rights |
права людини |
human rights achievement |
досягнення прав людини |
limited rights |
обмежені права |
observance of human rights |
дотримання прав людини |
origins of human rights |
походження прав людини |
protection of human rights |
захист прав людини |
realization of human rights |
втілення прав людини |
recognition of human rights |
визнання прав людини |
respect of/for human rights |
повага до прав людини |
rights of indigenous people |
права корінних жителів |
the right of self-determination |
право на самовираження |
the right to life |
право на життя |
the right to recognition |
право на визнання |
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
Загальна декларація прав людини |
to be entitled to fundamental rights |
мати право на основні права |
to enshrine human rights |
зберігати права людини |
to forfeit one’s right |
втрачати чиєсь право |
to grant rights |
надавати права |
to guarantee the rights |
гарантувати права |
to hold certain rights |
мати певні права |
to uphold human rights |
підтримувати права людини |
Unit 4. Introduction to European Union Law
Lead-in
The European Union needs no introduction. Over half a century, it has brought political stability and economic prosperity to its citizens. It has created a frontier-free single market and a single currency, the euro. It has reunited a fractured continent. The European Union is a major economic and commercial power and the world’s biggest donor of development aid to poorer countries. Its membership has grown from six to 27 nations, bringing the EU’s population to nearly half a billion.
What do you think about the membership of the European Union?
Is it necessary to be a member of the European Union?
In your opinion what are the main principles of the European Union?
Reading 1: This text deals with the establishment of European Union law.
Read the passage Historical development and tell when the European Union began its history;
Read the passage What is the European Union Law and explain its essence;
How many member states does the European Union cover? Give the examples of candidate countries nowadays.
Task 1. Read the whole text and decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. The EU began life in the 1950s as the European Economic Community with six founding members.
2. The Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia joined in 2004, followed in 2007 by Bulgaria and Romania.
3. Croatia and Turkey are the member states of the European Union.
4. European Union law has indirect effect within the EU's member states.
5. Before a candidate country can join the EU it must have a stable system of democratic government, institutions that ensure the rule of law and respect for human rights.
Glossary
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Historical development: The EU began life in the 1950s as the European Economic Community with six founding members — Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. They created a new way of coming together to manage their joint interests, based essentially on economic integration. They were joined by Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom in 1973, Greece in 1981, and Spain and Portugal in 1986. Unification of Germany in 1990 brought in the Länder from eastern Germany. In 1992, a new treaty gave more responsibilities to the Community institutions and introduced new forms of cooperation between national governments, thus creating the European Union as such. The EU was enlarged in 1995 to include Austria, Finland and Sweden. The Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia joined in 2004, followed in 2007 by Bulgaria and Romania. Three candidates, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey, have applied for membership. Europe has always been home to different peoples and cultures. Every member state includes people from other countries — usually with close historical ties to the host country. The EU sees ethnic and cultural diversity as an asset, and promotes tolerance, respect and mutual understanding.
What is the European Union Law? European Union law (historically called European Community law) is a body of treaties, law and court judgements which operates alongside the legal systems of the European Union's member states. It has direct effect within the EU's member states and, where conflict occurs, takes precedence over national law. The development of law of the European Community has been largely moulded by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). In the landmark case of Van Gend en Loos in 1963, the ECJ ruled that the European Community, through the will of Member States expressed in the Treaty of Rome, "constitutes a new legal order of international law for the benefit of which the states have limited their sovereign rights albeit within limited fields." Today the situation has changed due to the entering into force 1 December 2009 the Lisbon Treaty.
Member states of the EU: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
Task 2. Put questions to the italicized words:
For example: Six founding members such as Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands were the founding members of the European Economic Community.
Question is: How many countries were the founding members of the European Economic Community?
Task 3. Answer the questions.
When did the European Union begin its life?
How many founding members established the first European Community?
What were the interests of founding members?
When was the European Union created as such?
Could you tell about the cultural diversity among the members of the European Union?
What does the European Union Law mean?
How many members are there in the European Union nowadays? Please list them.
Task 4. Complete the following sentences with the prepositions from the box.
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