Vocabulaire d'anglais.

Council of Europe : abide by members, the rules legislation. It has a body called : the European Cour of Humans Right = Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Live.

Any violation of Humans rights are condammed by ECHR. However the states are still sovereign. The penalties are generally symbolic. ECHR issue/pronounce judgment.

To sit for an exam :

To succeed in the exam : passer un test.

To be admitted to the Bar.

Pupillage : it’s like a traineeship, for lawyer it’s a pupillage, you work after your degree with a lawyer in a cabinet or a judge.

Lodge an application : to make, submit an application

To lodge a complaint : is to make/ file a complaint

Forced Labour

The applicants: CN and V. (2 sisters-French citizens)

The association : enfance et Partage : Applied to the Public Prosecutor on behalf of CN and V.

[[[Royal assent: new legislative has to be sign by the Queen.

Royal prerogative: all the ministers go to the Queen and ask to the Queen the agreement of a particular law without taking to account Parliament.]]]

A proviso: a clause (in a contract); introducing a condition (in a contract).

Liability (legal English) : responsibility, accountability (general English word)

(legal English) Be liable for…

(legal English) Accept liability….

To take responsibility for…. : general English word

Fatal error (legal English): mistake (general English)

Fatal error (when you die by doing something fatal)

(Legal English) A gap has widened: broaden, large (general English)

Rational/ Irrational , reasonable/irreasonable.

Highly (legal English), very (general English)

Contentious : have a strong opinion

(general English) bone of contention: both party fight for it, when something is a disagreement.

Highly contentious: by example, the return of death penalty in France.

Respect: the law, someone, an idea, the terms of a contract, the deadline (respecter un délais).

Abide by the law (legal English) (a law-abiding citizen)

Respect a contract: honour a contract (legal English)

Meet the deadline “to respect”

We use respect only for: someone and someone’s idea.

CRITICAL ANALYSIS:

2 questions each 10 marks/ 120 words of critical analysis:

• Authority of the writer (who?) (1 point) = 12 words
• Logic of argument (2 point) (what?)= 24 words
• How the writer generates interest (1 point) = 12 words
• Language/ Style (2 point) = 24 words
• Ideology (4 point) + YOUR OPINION (why?) = 48 words

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