- •1. Skim the joke and express your opinion.
- •Section b Reading and speaking
- •2. Discuss statements and quotations of well-known people. Do you agree to them or not. Express your own vision of this problem:
- •3. Read the text and decide whether these statements are true (t) or false (f).
- •Introduction to the litigation, arbitration and mediation
- •4. Learn the following words and expressions:
- •5. Read and translate the text: Text b
- •Vocabulary
- •7. Match the English words with their Ukrainian equivalents:
- •8. Match the words with their definition:
- •6. Work in pairs.
- •Section c Language study
- •13. Find the right definition:
- •14. Complete the following text about arbitration with the words from the box.
- •15. Translate the sentences into English and compare them with the text.
- •Section d Listening
- •14. You are going to hear the text about “Bankruptcy”.
- •Listening
- •Section e Scanning reading
- •18. Skim the text and give the main idea of it.
- •Types of commercial arbitration
- •Scanning reading
- •19. Scan the text in order to find answers to the following questions as quickly as possible.
- •Mediation in different countries
- •Section f Test
- •1. Skim the jokes and express your opinion.
- •Section b Reading and speaking
- •2. Discuss statements and quotations of well-known people. Do you agree to them or not. Express your own vision of this problem:
- •It is difficult to imagine going very long before making some kind of agreement enforceable by law. Whenever we buy goods and services, we enter into a contractual relationship.
- •4. Learn the following words and expressions:
- •5. Read and translate the text. Contract Law
- •Language study
- •7. Do your best to understand the meaning of the terms "transaction", "contract Law" and others. Match each term on the left with an explanation on the right.
- •8. Complete these sentences using the words in the box.
- •13. Translate the sentences into English
- •Section d Listening
- •14. You are going to hear the text about Uniform Commercial Code.
- •Listening
- •Section e Skimming reading
- •15. The text given below deals with the contract. Skim the text and answer to the following questions.
- •Contract
- •16. There are many different kinds of contract for different situations. Look at the following paragraphs, and decide what kind of contract is being described or talked about.
- •Scanning reading
- •17. Scan the text "United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods” in order to find the translation of the following sentences as quickly as possible.
- •Section f Test
- •Bankruptcy
1. Skim the jokes and express your opinion.
A man stepped into a clothing store to ask the price of a suit on display in the window.
"You picked the best suit in the place", said the merchant approvingly", "and to show you that I like to do business with a man who has such good taste, I am going to make you a special proposition. I wouldn't ask you $ 82 for a suit. I wouldn't ask you $ 72. I wouldn't ask you $ 62. $ 52 is my price for you, my friend."
The customer replied, "I wouldn't give you $ 52 and I wouldn't give you $ 42. My offer is $ 32."
"Sold", said the merchant. "That's the way I like to do business. No chiselling."
The neighborhood butcher burst into the lawyer's office and demanded of the man behind the desk:
- "If a dog steals a piece of meat from my shop, is the owner liable for the theft?"
- "Of course, he is", replied the lawyer.
- "That's what I wanted to know", exploded the butcher. "Your dog just took a dollar steak".
- "I'm sorry", was the calm response. "Now if you'll just give me another dollar it will cover the fee for my advice".
Section b Reading and speaking
Before you read:
2. Discuss statements and quotations of well-known people. Do you agree to them or not. Express your own vision of this problem:
"Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else".
(Will Rogers(1879-1935))
For every problem, there is one solution which is simple, neat and wrong.
It is difficult to imagine going very long before making some kind of agreement enforceable by law. Whenever we buy goods and services, we enter into a contractual relationship.
3. What kinds of contracts have you entered into recently? Make a list of some of the goods and services you have bought or used over the past 48 hours. Compare your list with a partner. Is it always clear whether the above are goods or services? How would you classify the electricity you consume every day?
This text deals with some of the main features of contact law.
4. Learn the following words and expressions:
body of Law |
частина права |
branches of Law |
галузь права |
commercial transactions |
комерційні договори |
legal mechanism |
правовий механізм |
domestic agreements |
внутрішньодержавні угоди |
significant degree |
значуща ступінь |
precommercial societies |
суспільства вільні від торгівельних відносин |
commitments of individuals |
обов’язки сторін |
ties of kinship |
родинні зв’язки |
enforceable promise |
вимушена, примушена обіцянка |
foreign persons and entities (individuals and legal entities) |
іноземні фізичні та юридичні особи |
domicile |
доміцілій (держава, або місце, де вони мають статус постійного мешканця або постійно живуть) |
Reading: