British Council English Courses at the LUISS 15/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS
Thursday 15th March 2012


11:30am
GPII Group 12 B1.2 


Class

• Legal Principles

Key Vocabulary

Burden of proof - beyond a reasonable doubt, on the balance of probabilities 

Proportionality - the punishment must fit the crime

to convict (not condemn)

unfair = unjust
attorney = lawyer

Check the pronunciation of  'sovereignty' and ' judiciary'

 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sovereignty?s=t http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/judiciary?s=t

• Reading & Vocabulary "Dead"Languages p. 42
• 1st Conditional G2, p.141

Homework

Do some extra reading for your self study:

Minority Languages - Reading and Video http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/mar/08/minority-language-report?INTCMP=SRCH

Legal Principles - Proportionality - The Rule of Law - European Court of Human Rights 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/13/court-human-rights-needs-british-reforms?INTCMP=SRCH
Read the articles - what do you think? 
Note any new vocabulary and collocations.