Description
Develop your Legal Spanish through an authentic European private international law context.
This C1 Legal Spanish lesson focuses on the law applicable to individual employment contracts under Article 8 of the Rome I Regulation. Students work with specialised legal vocabulary and authentic legal language while developing reading and listening comprehension skills.
The lesson introduces expressions frequently encountered in legal Spanish, including privar de, en virtud de, a falta de, con arreglo a, en su defecto, regirse por, presentar vínculos estrechos con and realizar un trabajo habitualmente.
Students then work with Article 8 and examine how the applicable law is determined when the parties choose a governing law, when no choice has been made, when an employee works temporarily in another country and when an employment contract has closer connections with another country.
The resource includes:
• Specialist Legal Spanish vocabulary
• Authentic legal language from the Rome I Regulation
• Vocabulary matching
• Multiple choice reading comprehension
• True or false comprehension activities
• Open comprehension questions
• Listening comprehension
• Discussion of the practical purpose of the Rome I Regulation
• The role of the Court of Justice of the European Union
• European judicial cooperation and the internal market
• Comparison with regional integration processes in Latin America
• Complete answers
• Full listening transcript
The listening section introduces a broader international perspective. Students hear an expert discuss the objectives of the Rome I Regulation, its interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Union, its practical effects within the European market and the possibilities of comparable regional cooperation in Latin America.
Level: C1
Format: PDF
Length: 4 pages
Answers: Included
Listening transcript: Included
Language: Spanish
Focus: Legal Spanish, employment contracts, private international law
Please note: An internet connection is required to access the external listening input used for the listening comprehension activities. The external input itself is not included in the PDF.
This resource is designed for Spanish language learning and does not constitute legal or professional advice.
