A l’issue de la formation le participant devra être capable de :
• Learn the Basics of Common Law in the United States and How Contracts are Interpreted
• Understand the Implications of the Choice of Law in Your Contracts
• Improve Drafting In English: Improving Style and Avoiding Common Mistakes
• Improve Your Understanding and Drafting of Complicated English Language Clauses: Analysis and Simplification
Exercise 1
Test your English: Choose the correct word from various English synonyms
Understanding what is Common Law and how does the American system function (federal system)
-Some basics: US Constitution, the Separation of Powers, Interplay Rules Among Courts
-Contracts Under Common Law
-Comparison of Common Law and Civil Law
Understanding the importance of the governing law choice in your contract
Drafting in English -Improve your drafting in English
-Style and tips
-How to avoid common mistakes and “faux amis”
-Examples from recent U.S. Court Decisions: See the chaos that lawyers’ errors have caused their clients
Exercises 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6:
Apply the concepts
Mark-up the supply contract to correct several errors in drafting
Understanding complicated clauses
-Tips on how to deconstruct them in order to learn to understand them
-Practice in simplifying clauses in order to explain them to business people
Exercises 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11:
Deconstruct long and difficult common law clauses and reword in simple language
Synthesize long clauses
English is not always English! Differences in communicating and drafting among Common Law countries
-Summary comparison of negotiating and drafting styles in the US, England, South Africa, Australia and India
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