English for Lawyers I

REVISION I

SNJEŽANA HUSINEC, PHD; E-MAIL: SHUSINEC@PRAVO.HR

Exercise I
Provide the Croatian equivalents for the following English
terms and expressions.

1. a language for specific purposes = ________________________________

2. a technical term = _____________________________________________
3. enforceable by law = ___________________________________________
4. violation of rights = ____________________________________________
5. resolution of disputes = _________________________________________
6. to be enshrined in a constitution = ________________________________
7. to settle a dispute = ____________________________________________
8. to punish for an offence = _______________________________________
Exercise II
Translate the following terms and expressions into English.

1. donositi zakone = ________________________________________________

2. provoditi zakone = _______________________________________________
3. kršenje zakona = ________________________________________________
4. zaštita imovine = ________________________________________________
5. kazneno pravo = ________________________________________________
6. ugovorno pravo = _______________________________________________
7. biti nadležan za nešto = __________________________________________
 Exercise III
Translate the following sentences into Croatian.

1. Law governs all areas of social life and affects the life of all citizens.
2. Plain language movements have emerged in an effort to make legal language easier to
understand for ordinary citizens.
3. Everyone shall abide by the Constitution and law and respect the legal order of the
Republic.
4. Justice may be seen as applying the rules in the same way to all people.
5. The main branches of private (civil) law are : law of contract, law of tort, family law, law
of sucession, company law and employment law.
 Exercise IV
Complete the following statements.
1. Law is a system of rules that is backed by sanctions for its _____________, ultimately
enforcable by _____________.
2. ____________________ is the power to force someone to comply with the law.
3. Constitutional law regulates the structure of the main branches of government: the
________________, the _____________________ and the _______________, and thier
relationship to each other, as well as the rights of the _______________.
4. A person who commits a crime is said to have offended against the state, and so the
state has the right to ________________ them.
5. __________________ regulates relations between private persons or bodies.
 Exercise V - Complete the following statements with appropriate
legal terms given below.
defendant - parties - law - settled - prosecutor
contract - accused - civil

1. She is studying ____________ at the University of Zagreb.

2. The law provides the rules to enable _______________ to enter into the
_____________ of marriage, employment, or purchase and sale.
3. Most civil cases are _______________ out of court.
4. If the claimant sues the ________________ the case is heard before a single judge who
decides on fact and law in a __________ court.
5. The _________________ prosecutes the defendant, or the _______________ in a
criminal court.
Exercise VI
Match the collocations and translate them into Croatian.

punish a law
resolve a contract
violate a defendant
repeal a sentence
breach a right
enter into a contract
pass a dispute