○英語IV

授業科目名	○英語IV	標準年次	2
講義題目	英語IV	開講学期	後　期
担当教員	ヴァン・アーツル	単位数	1単位
教　　室	106	科目区分	基幹教育科目

履修条件
授業の目的	This class aims at introducing students with legal terminology based upon the reading of academic materials, legislation, cases and newspaper articles related to product liability. The legal terminology emphasized in this class is related to the following issues: product liability law, contract law, corporate law, torts law, terminology related to court cases, and terminology related to legislative matters. In order to give different styles of English, reading materials will be drawn from the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union. Some reading material will be a translation into English from another language.
授業の概要・計画	Class 1: Introduction Class 2: What is Product Liability? ・Excerpt: David G. Owen, Products Liability: Principles of Justice for the 21st Century, 11 Pace Law Review 63 (1990) Class 3: Problems within Early Product Liability Cases ・Excerpt: Winterbottom v. Wright Class 4-5: Product Liability Law Excerpts: ・COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 25July 1985 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning liability for defective products (European Union) ・Product Liability Act (Act No. 85 of 1994) (JAPAN) ・Examples: Consumer Affairs Victoria, Product Safety: Product Hazard Alert (Ability Press, 2008) Class 6: When Can a Manufacturer be Liable? ・Excerpt: Skov Aeg v. Bilka Lavprisvarehus AIS (toxic eggs) Class 7: Defects: Consumer Expectation Test ・Excerpt: Automobile Citroen vs. Duchene (exploding cars) and Brinkman v. Masterfoods (chocolate bars) Class 8: Defects: Obvious Dangers ・Excerpt: Smith v. HUB Manufacturing and Lincoln Manufacturing (swimming pool accidents) Class 9: Defects: Inherent Dangers ・Excerpt: Emery v. Federal Foods Inc., 863 P.2d 426 (Mont 1993 ・Child gagged on Marshmallow); and ・MINORU MATSUTANI and ALEX MARTIN, Food maker pulls ’konnyaku’ sweets (Japan Times, 9 October 2008) (provisionally) Class 10: Product Recalls ・Toyota Boss Akio Toyoda Apologises ahead of US Grilling (The Guardian, Tuesday 23 February 2010) Class 11: Product Recalls ・Despite Warnings, China’s Regulators Failed to Stop Tainted Milk, The New York Times, September 27, 2008 Class 12: Product Liability for Nuclear Power Plants? ・Excerpt: Tom Vanden Borre, Nuclear Liability: An Anachronism in EU Energy Policy? Class 13: Liability and Oil Spills ・Excerpt: Willem Oosterveen: The International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds and Dealing with the Masses Class 14: Revision ・Revision ・Exam introduction Class 15: EXAM In class examination: ・Vocabulary ・Reading Comprehension
授業の進め方	Students are expected to have read the assigned reading material before coming to class. It will also be helpful if the students have prepared the vocabulary list that is connected to the respective reading material. During class, the students are expected to: ・Read out loud the assigned reading material paragraph by paragraph; ・Answer questions regarding the paragraph a student has read; ・Answer vocabulary questions. Students are encouraged to answer on a voluntary basis. If there are no volunteers, a student will be appointed to answer the question. If necessary, extra information will be given in a lecture style.
教科書・参考書等	Reading materials will be handed out at least one week before the respective class.
成績評価の方法・基準	Grading of this class will be as follows: ・15% - mid-term test (date will not be notified in advance); ・15% - class participation; ・70% - final examination (a vocabulary test, a multiple choice test related to terminology and a reading test of an unseen text); A dictionary is only allowed for the last part of the test.
その他（質問・相談方法等）	授業について聞きたいことがありましたら、メールでも受け付けています。（メールアドレス：uytsel【アットマーク】law.kyushu-u.ac.jp）
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