Université Cheikh Anta Diop ANNEE ACADEMIQUE 2015/2016

Faculté des Sciences Juridiques et Politiques M. THIAM, Daouda

EXAMEN DE RATTRAPAGE DU SECOND SEMESTRE
ANGLAIS JURIDIQUE
Exercise 1 L3 DROIT PRIVE
Look at the categories of civil law and match them with the simple definitions provided below. 8 PTS
g Maritime law g IT law
g The law of tort g Intellectual property law

g Business and company law g Family law

g Contract law g Employment/labour law

g The law of equity & trusts g The law of real property/conveyancing

a The law that deals with the protection of the
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rights of inventors (who might invent a new
drug or machine) or artistes (who might write
a book or a song).______________________
______________________________________
b The law that deals with situations where
someone has control of property for a period
of time and must look after it for the benefit
of someone else.______________________
_____________________________________
c The law that deals with events such as
divorce and the custody of (the right to look
after) children.______________________
____________________________________
d The law that deals with everything connected
with information and how it is passed
between people, especially by means of
the Internet._________________________
____________________________________
The law that deals with private agreements
between people or companies and tries to
make sure that no one suffers a loss if an
agreement is broken.__________________
____________________________________
f The law that deals with every citizen’s
responsibility not to harm other people in
any way, even if it is not a contractual or
criminal situation.___________________
__________________________________
g The law that deals with people’s rights, pay
or conditions in the workplace.__________
____________________________________
h The law that deals with the way businesses
are set up (created) and run (operated) and
how they must work in relation to each other
and the general public._________________
_____________________________________

2. Complete the text below contrasting civil law. Common law and criminal law using the words in the box (4
points).
Based on bound by codified custom disputes legislation non-criminal precedents
provisions rulings
The term 'civil law' contrasts with both 'common law' and criminal law'. In the first sense of the
term civil law refers to a body of law 1) ……….………………… written legal codes derived from
fundamental normative principles. Legal 2)…………………………….. are settled by reference to
this code which has been arrived at through 3)…………..………………. Judges are
4)…………………. the written law and its 5) ………………………….………
In contrast, common law was originally developed through 6)………………………… at a time
before laws were written down. Common law is based on 7)……………… created by judicial
decisions. which means that past 8)……………….. are taken into consideration when cases are
decided.
3. EMPLOYMENT LAW: Fill in the gaps with words from the following list: (4 pts)
amount conditions hiring unlawful
In the recruiting processes, employers must take into consideration that it is
………………………… to discriminate between applicants for employment on
the basis of gender, marital status, colour, race, nationality, or ethnic or national
origins. It is also unlawful to publish job advertisements which might be
construed as discriminatory. It is unlawful for a person to discriminate against
another based on sex or marital status in the hiring process and in respect of
the terms and conditions of employment. However, there are exceptions to
this rule, such as where sex or marital status is a genuine
occupational qualification
.
The law protects disabled persons by making it unlawful to discriminate against
such persons in the interviewing and ………………………. process and
regarding the terms of the offer of employment. Employers are required to make
reasonable adjustments in the place of work to accommodate disabled persons.
However, cost may be taken into account when determining what is reasonable.
After the employee is hired, protection is provided generally under the
Employment Rights Act 1996. In particular, this Act requires the employer to
provide the employee with a document containing the terms and
……………………….. of employment. The statement must include the
following: identities of the parties, the date of employment, a statement of
whether there has been continuation of employment, the ………………. and
frequency of pay, hours of work, holiday entitlement, job title and work location.
II. Fill in the gaps with words from the following: (4 pts)
continuation diversity illness output
Every unjustified dismissal is considered as a wrongful dismissal.
“valid reason” is a concept defined neither by legislation nor by collective
agreements. This concept encompasses a large number of instances. In spite of
the ……………………of facts and situations which may constitute a valid
reason for termination, they may be grouped in two categories depending
on whether they relate to the worker or the interests of the enterprise. Most
cases fall within the category of reasons relating to the worker, which includes
all conduct or inaptitude by the worker incompatible with the
…………………..of employment. Under certain time limitations, medically
certified physical incapacity of the worker is a valid reason for dismissal,
provided that dismissal is not carried out during the period when employment
has been suspended because of…………………….. The same is true for
professional inaptitude which may manifest itself in various forms: poor
service, poor management, low…………………….., professional incapacity,
non-performance of a job in the agreed period, among others.