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5. Для современных электронных писем характерны различные аббревиатуры и сокращения:

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9. Закончите предложения в соответствии с текстом.

1.Almost everything we do is governed by _______________________

a)rules imposed by morality

b)the courts

c)some set of rules

2.If we didn't live in a structured society with other people ___________________________

a)we would simply do as we please

b)we would simply do with little regard for others

c)laws would not be necessary

3.Laws against criminal conduct help _______________________

a)to protect our property

b)to take advantage of other individuals

c)to safeguard our personal property and our lives.

4. We turn to the law _________________________

a)to resolve the dispute peacefully

b)to decide who is the real owner

c)to force people keep their promises

5.Another goal of the law is _____________________

a)to protect certain basic individual rights and freedoms

b)fairness

c)to provide for benefits.

10. Выразите согласие/несогласие со следующими утверждениями, используя ту или иную речевую модель.

Model: a) I fully agree with the statement.

b)I am afraid, I can't agree with it.

1.Not everything we do is governed by some set of rules.

2.We need rules that everyone must obey.

3.Laws against criminal conduct don't help to safeguard our personal property and our lives.

4.In well-ordered society conflicts never arise.

5.It is impossible to resolve disputes peacefully.

6.If individual's rights are respected it means that we live in a safe and peaceful society.

7.Totalitarian governments have cruel and arbitrary laws.

8.Strong-arm tactics may provide a great deal of order ensuring the society operates in an orderly manner.

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*Mr — господин

Mrs — госпожа (обращение к замужней женщине)

Ms — госпожа (обращение к женщине, семейное положение которой не имеет значения) 4. Посмотрите на

электронные письма и определите, какие из них являются официальными, а какие

Hi Mr. Hensen

I enjoyed our discussion the other day and am very interested in working with you on the cover story about the changing work environment in suburban areas.

Please contact me with any questions you may have prior to our next

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Governments have many ways of making sure that citizens (подчиняются закону). They make the public aware of what the law is and try to encourage social support for (правопорядку). They use police forces (расследовать преступления) and catch criminals. They authorize courts to complete the investigation of criminal and (гражданских правонарушений) and to pass sentences to (наказать виновного) and deter others. And they make efforts to re-educate and reform people who have broken the law.

The laws of all countries are to be found in written records - (правовые кодексы) of countries with continental systems, the statutes and case-judgments of common law countries, warning on official forms, and notice in public buildings. Many people do not know where to find these records and do not find it easy to read them. But (незнание законов не освобождает от ответственности). Governments usually expect citizens to be aware of the laws which affect their lives. Sometimes this seems very harsh, for example, when the law is very technical. Shopkeepers in England (преследовались по закону в уголовном порядке) for selling books on Sunday, although they were allowed to sell magazines. However, there are many laws, such as those prohibiting theft, assault and dangerous driving which simply reflect social and moral attitudes to everyday behavior. In such cases a person knows he (нарушает закон), even if he doesn't know exactly which law it is.

14.Ответьте на вопросы.

1.What kind of society do we live in?

2.What is the society governed by?

3.What is the difference between laws and rules of morality?

4.Why do rules of morality and custom play an important role in our life?

5.Why are laws designed to control our behavior?

6.What are the goals of law?

7.When do people turn to law?

8.Why do we need the law?

UNIT 3. LAW AND SOCIETY

1. Прочитайте текст.

TEXT 2 LAW AND

SOCIETY

When the world was at a very primitive stage of development there were no laws to regulate life of people. If a man chose to kill his wife or if a woman succeeded in killing her husband that was their own business and no one interfered officially.

But things never stay the same. The life has changed. We live in a complicated world. Scientific and social developments increase the tempo of our daily living activities, make them more involved. Now we need rules and regulations which govern our every social move and action. We have made laws of community living.

Though laws are based on the reasonable needs at the community we often don't notice them. If our neighbor plays loud music late at night, we probably try to discuss the matter with him

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rather than consulting the police, the lawyer or the courts. When we buy a T V set, or a train ticket or loan money to somebody a lawyer may tell us it represents a contract with legal obligations. But to most of us it is just a ticket that gets us on a train or a TV set to watch.

Only when a neighbor refuses to behave reasonably or when we are injured in a train accident, the money wasn't repaid, the TV set fails to work and the owner of the shop didn't return money or replace it, we do start thinking about the legal implications of everyday activities.

You may wish to take legal action to recover your loss. You may sue against Bert who didn't pay his debt. Thus you become a plaintiff and Bert is a defendant. At the trial you testified under oath about the loan. Bert, in his turn, claimed that it was a gift to him, which was not to be returned. The court after the listening to the testimony of both sides and considering the law decided that it was a loan and directed that judgment be entered in favor of you against Bert.

Some transactions in modern society are so complex that few of us would risk making them without first seeking legal advice. For example, buying or selling a house, setting up a business, or deciding whom to give our property to when we die.

On the whole it seems that people all over the world are becoming more and more accustomed to using legal means to regulate their relations with each other. Multinational companies employ lawyers to ensure that their contracts are valid whenever they do business.

2. Ответьте на вопросы.

1.Were there any laws when the world was at a very primitive stage of development?

2.Why do we need rules and regulations nowadays?

3.Do we notice laws? Why?

4.When do we start thinking about the legal implications of our everyday activities?

5.In what case may we sue against Berth?

6.Where do we testify under oath?

7.Did Berth win or lose the case?

8.In what cases do people seek legal advice?

9.Why do companies employ lawyers?

3. Выразите согласие/несогласие со следующими утверждениями, используя ту или иную речевую модель.

Model:

a)I think it is true. The text tells us that .........................

b)To my mind, it is false because ............................

1.We usually think about the legal implications of everyday activities.

2.Few of us would risk making transactions without first seeking legal advice.

3.People all over the world are becoming more and more accustomed to using legal means to regulate their relations with each other.

4.Even though the TV set fails to work and the owner of the shop didn't return your money or replace the TV set, we don't start thinking of taking legal advice.

5.When you buy a train ticket a lawyer may tell you it represents a contract with legal obligations.

6.You may not sue against the person who didn't pay his debt.

7.You can testify at the doctor's.

8.A defendant can accuse a plaintiff.

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—To_ iwm.sniithjKipipa*i¥,qini

личные, неофициальные. В зависимости от того, кому адресовано письмо (работодателю, начальнику, коллеге по бизнесу или другу, приятелю, хорошо знакомому коллеге по работе) выбираются соответствующие фразы и выражения. Изучите список фраз, которые используются в деловых и личных письмах.

2. Посмотрите на фразы, приведенные в упражнении, и распределите их по соответствующим колонкам.

Dear Sir or Madam [no name or no close] Hello

Best wishes

Feel free to get in touch* if you have any questions Hey

Bye Dear all

I'm writing to thank you...

Yours sincerely*

Just a short email to inform you...

All the best

Dear Mr, Mrs, Ms

Looking forward to* your reply To whom it may concern*

Let me know if you need anything else Hi everyone

Best regards*

Do not hesitate* to contact us if you need any assistance See you (soon)

I look forward to hearing from you

Notes:

to get in touch - связаться с к-либо yours sincerely - искренне Ваш

to look forward to - с нетерпением ждать

to concern - касаться, иметь отношение к ч-либо

best regards - с уважением, с наилучшими пожеланиями.

3. Посмотрите на образец письма и соедините цифры с соответствующими английскими названиями частей электронного письма.

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9.i ne court may listen to testimony ot one side.

10.All transactions in modern society are very complex.

11.Nobody should have basic knowledge of law.

4. Прочитайте определения слов и догадайтесь, о каких словах из текста идет речь.

5. Подберите подходящий по смыслу ответ из предложенных вариантов и обоснуйте свой выбор двумя—тремя предложениями. Начните свой ответ одним из следующих выражений. Model:

a)I quite agree with the statement that _______________ because ...

b)Just what I think .... because...................

1. Relations between people are regulated by _______

a)government

b)prescriptive laws

c)people's experience

d)customs and traditions

2.If we always break the rules, other members of society may __________________

a)refuse to have anything to do with us

b)carry precise penalties

c)use a system of courts

d)consult the police

3.When governments make laws for their citizens __________________

a)they use the power of the police to enforce them

b)they use justice

c)they observe public opinion

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d)they try to implement common sense.

6.Бегло прочитайте текст (3 мин) без словаря и найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты русским предложениям.

1.Они используют судебную систему, опирающуюся на право полиции принудительно обеспечивать соблюдение закона.

2.Отношения между людьми регулируются сочетанием всех этих правил (норм).

3. ... понесет наказание в виде штрафа или временного отстранения от участия в игре.

4. Рефери может подать гражданский иск против игрока и потребовать материального возмещения за

нанесенные ему телесные увечья ...

5 ..... так как государство рассматривает антиобщественное поведение не как вопрос взаимоотношений между людьми, а как угрозу благосостоянию и порядку в обществе.

When governments make laws for their citizens, they use a system of courts backed by the power of the police to enforce these laws. Of course, there may be instances where the law is not enforced against someone—such as when young children commit crimes, when the police have to concentrate on certain crimes and therefore ignore others, or in countries where there is so much political corruption that certain people are able to escape justice by using their money or influence. But the general nature of the law is enforced equally against all members of the nation.

Government-made laws are nevertheless often patterned upon informal rules of conduct already existing in society, and relations between people are regulated by a combination of all these rules. This relationship can be demonstrated using the example of a sports club.

Suppose a member of a rugby club is so angry with the referee during a club game that he hits him and breaks his nose. At the most informal level of social custom, it is probable that people seeing or hearing about the incident would criticize the player and try to persuade him to apologize and perhaps compensate the referee in some way. At a more formal level, the player would find he had broken the rules of his club, and perhaps of a wider institution governing the conduct of all people playing rugby, and would face punishment, such as a fine or a suspension before he would be allowed to play another game. Finally, the player might also face prosecution for attacking the referee under laws created by the government of his country. In many countries there might be two kinds of prosecution. First, the referee could conduct a civil action against the player, demanding compensation for his injury and getting his claim enforced by a court of law if the player failed to agree privately. Second, the police might also start an action against the player for a crime of violence. If found guilty, the player might be sent to prison, or he might be made to pay a fine to the court—that is, punishment for an offence against the state, since governments often consider antisocial behavior not simply as a matter between two individuals but as a danger to the well-being and order of society as a whole.

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ordinary laws. On the other hand, the Constitution is called flexible because it is an unwritten document that can be changed by an act of Parliament or through a process of amendment.

The federal constitution establishes the division of authority between the Federal Government and the component units of the government. In a federal constitution, sovereignty is invested in the central government. It allows a limited amount of government among units.

The unitary constitution relates to the parliament. It follows parliamentary system of power. The unitary constitution establishes a unitary system of government where a central government does exist. Although units are associated with that government, sovereignty is controlled by the central government.

6. Используя текст, охарактеризуйте конституции Российской Федерации, США и Великобритании.

UNIT 6 E-MAIL IN ENGLISH

1.Подумайте и ответьте на вопросы:

1.What is email?

2.What do you think about this way of communication?

3.How often do you write emails?

4.How does email differ from a letter?

5.Do you know any rules of writing an email?

Каждое письмо E-mail содержит две основные части: заголовок и тело. Заголовок письма содержится в следующих полях:

•В поле To: (Куда) записывается адрес получателя сообщения. В зависимости от используемого сервера или почтовой клиент-программы это поле может называться Message To: или Mail To:.

•Поле From: (Ваш адрес E-mail) Обычно этот адрес автоматически записывается и поэтому может отсутствовать на экране.

•В поле Subject: (Тема) указывается краткая аннотация содержания сообщения (не более 20-30 знаков).

•В поле Сс (carbone copy): (Копия) при необходимости записываются адреса корреспондентов, которым рассылаются копии сообщений.

•В поле Всс (blind carbone copy): (Скрытая копия) указываются адреса корреспондентов, которым копии сообщений рассылаются в тайне от первого адресата.

Структура тела электронного письма:

1.Salutation (приветствие). Выбор приветственной фразы зависит от того, насколько хорошо вы знаете адресата.

2.Opening sentence (вступительное предложение). Объясняет причину создания письма,всегда начинается с заглавной буквы.

3.Main part (основная часть). Содержание письма.

4.Conclusion (заключение). Часть, в которой вы сообщаете о том, что ждете (или не ждете) ответа от адресата.

5.Close (прощание).

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The executive power in the United Kingdom is exercised by the Sovereign through Her Majesty's Government. The monarch appoints a Prime Minister as the head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister then selects the other Ministers which make up the Government. As in some other parliamentary systems of government, the executive is answerable to Parliament.

The Courts of the United Kingdom are separated into three separate jurisidictions serving England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as the United Kingdom does not have a single unified judicial system.

The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 created a new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom to take over the judicial functions of the House of Lords and devolution cases from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Supreme Court began work in 2009, and serves as the highest court of appeal in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland, and for civil cases in Scotland. The High Court of Justiciary will remain the court of last resort in Scotland for criminal cases.

4.Согласитесь или опровергните следующие утверждения.

1.The British Constitution is unwritten like the Constitutions of the USA and the Proposed European Constitution.

2.The British Constitution can be found in a variety of documents.

3.Amendments to the British Constitution need the approval of the both Houses of Parliament, but they do not need the Royal Assent.

4.The parliamentary sovereignty has always been the core principle of the British Constitution.

5.The Sovereign has no power to dissolve parliament.

6.Parliament has no power to change the structure of its houses.

7.The British Parliament consists only of the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

8.The European law has priority over the UK law.

9.The executive power in the United Kingdom is exercised by the Sovereign.

10.The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 created a new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

5.Прочитайте текст о разных видах конституции и переведите его письменно.

Types of Constitutions

A Constitution is a system which establishes the fundamental rules and principles which a state will use to govern and regulate.

There are several types of constitutions: written/unwritten constitution, rigid/flexible constitution, federal/unitary constitution.

The term written constitution is used to describe a constitution that is entirely written, that is codified in one single document. Written constitutions normally consist of a ceremonial preamble, which sets forth the goals of the state and the motivation for the constitution, and several articles containing the substantive provisions.

The term unwritten constitution is used to describe a based on series of laws over time. Unwritten constitutions could contain written sources: e.g. constitutional statutes enacted by the Parliament; and also unwritten sources: constitutional conventions, customs and traditions.

Many historians use the term "rigid" to describe the Constitution because the provisions are in a written document that cannot be legally changed with the same ease and in the same manner as

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7.Расположите предложения в логической последовательности так, чтобы получился краткий пересказ текста.

1.Government-made laws are often patterned upon informal rules of conduct already existing in society

2.The player might face prosecution for attacking the referee under law.

3.When governments make laws for their citizens, they use a system of courts.

4.Governments consider anti-social behavior as a danger to the well-being and order of society.

5.This relationship can be demonstrated using the example of a sports club.

8.Озаглавьте текст.

9.Работа в парах. Прочитайте начало диалога и придумайте его продолжение. Представьте получившийся диалог в аудитории.

Pete Hi, Alice. How are you getting on?

Alice Fine, as usual, thanks, Pete. What about you? Jim I'm O. K. It's nice to see you.

Alice Me too. I'm glad you are not in a hurry and we have time to talk today. Jim Sure.

Alice I've heard that you've entered the University, haven't you? Pete That's right.

Alice My congratulations on you. But why did you make up your mind to become a lawyer?

Pete ______________________________________________

Alice

UNIT 4. LEGAL PKUFESSIUNS

LANGUAGE IN USE

В английском языке существует группа так называемой интернациональной лексики. К ней относится, например, слово "legal". О значении слов этой группы нетрудно догадаться, так как в русском языке есть однокоренные аналоги. Однако в специализированной литературе интернациональные слова могут образовывать терминологические словосочетания (клишированные формы), отличные от их однокорен-ных аналогов.

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правовой

~ document — правовой документ ~ obligation

— правовое обязательство ~ system — система права

судебный

~action — судебный иск

~costs — судебные издержки

~decision — решение суда

~procedure — судопроизводство

~remedy — средство судебной защиты

юридический

~person — юридическое лицо

~profession — профессия юриста

~advisor — юрисконсульт

~ethics — профессиональная этика юриста

~department — юридический отдел

~language — юридический язык, язык юристов

~aid — бесплатная юридическая помощь малоимущим

законный

~ government — законное правительство ~ foundation — законное основание ~ owner — законный владелец

1. Переведите на русский язык следующие английские предложения, обращая особое внимание на словосочетания со словом "legal".

1.To the rest of the world the English legal profession is very strange because historically there were two types of lawyers: barristers and solicitors.

2.Every legal system has many shortcomings.

3.Criminal charges and divorce are normally seen as matters needing legal help and advice.

4.Not every accident victim has a legal remedy. Some accidents are nobody's fault.

5.There is a large information gap in people's awareness of their legal rights.

6.Such legal knowledge as people had came largely from newspapers and television.

7.The new Community Legal Service aims to provide legal information as well as legal advice and representation.

8.Newspapers regularly carry frightening stories about losers in legal actions who face bills of tens of thousands of pounds.

9.Legal costs of the lowest income group are paid by the state.

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3.ihe Bill of Rights sets forth the structure of the Federal Government.

4.The key features of the US Constitution are federalism, the separation of powers and the system of checks and balances.

5.The legislative branch has more powers than the others.

6.The powers of the three branches don't overlap.

7.The system of checks and balances was meant to protect against the extremes.

8.The responsibilities of the Congress are to protect the rights of citizens and enforce laws.

9.The executive branch consists of the President, the Vice President, the Cabinet and the 13 Departments, and also of the independent agencies.

10.The judicial branch explains and interprets laws and makes decisions in lawsuits.

3.Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы.

1.What makes the UK Constitution different from other constitutions?

2.What are the sources of the UK Constitution?

3.What is the core principle of the UK Constitution?

4.What bodies represent the three branches of power (executive, legislative and judiciary)?

TEXT 6 The British

Constitution

The British Constitution is unwritten unlike the constitution in America or the proposed European Constitution, and as such, is referred to as an uncodified constitution in the sense that there is no single document that can be identified as Britain's constitution. The British Constitution can be found in a variety of documents. The main ones are: Statutes (the Magna Carta of 1215 and the Act of Settlement of 1701), Acts of Parliament; customs and traditions, political conventions, case law; constitutional matters decided in a court of law.

Since the English Civil War, the core principle of the British constitution has traditionally been the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty, according to which the statutes passed by Parliament are the UK's supreme and final source of law. It follows that Parliament can change the constitution simply by passing new Acts of Parliamentto to be followed by the Royal Assent. There is some debate about whether this principle remains entirely valid today, in part due to the UK's European Union membership.

According to the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty, Parliament may pass any legislation that it wishes. There are many Acts of Parliament which themselves have constitutional significance. For example, Parliament has the power to determine the length of its own term. However, the Sovereign retains the power to dissolve parliament at any time on the advice of the Prime Minister. Parliament also has the power to change the structure of its constituent houses and the relation between them.

Parliament consists of the Sovereign, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. All the legislation must receive the approval of the Sovereign (Royal Assent). Following the accession of the UK to European Economic Community (now the European Union) in 1972, the UK became bound by European law and more importantly, the principle of the supremacy of European Union law.

The House of Commons alone possesses the power to pass a motion of no confidence in the Government, which requires the Government either to resign or seek fresh elections. Such a motion does not require passage by the Lords, or Royal Assent. Parliament traditionally also has the power to remove individual members of the government by impeachment. By the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 it has the power to remove individual judges from office for misconduct.

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11.What duties does every branch have regarding the other branches under the principle of checks and balances?

12.What are the composition and powers of the judicial branch according to the US Constitution?

TEXT 5 The US

Constitution

The form of the US government is based on the Constitution of 1787 which was adopted after the War of Independence. The US Constitution consists of 7 articles and 27 amendments. The first 10 amendments are called the Bill of Rights and were adopted in 1791 under popular pressure.

The Bill of Rights is a series of limitations on the power of the United States federal government, protecting the natural rights and liberties, property including freedom of religion, freedom of speech, a free press, free assembly, and free association, as well as the right to keep and carry arms. In federal criminal cases, it requires indictment by a grand jury for any capital crime, guarantees a speedy, public trial with an impartial jury composed of members of the state in which the crime occurred.

A key feature of the US Constitution is federalism - the division of power between the national government and the states. Another major feature of the Constitution is the principle of the separation of powers within the national government. According to this principle the executive, legislative and judicial branches exercise powers that are largely separate and distinct. There is not a strict and complete separation of powers, the powers of the three branches overlap. Each branch has its own responsibilities, but no branch has more power than the other branches. There is the system of checks and balances, that is each branch has certain duties to check the powers of the other branches. This system was meant to protect against the extremes since it makes compromise and consensus necessary.

The legislative branch is called the Congress which consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It is the responsibility of the Congress to propose and pass laws. In the system of checks and balances, Congress can refuse to approve Presidential appointments and can override presidential veto.

The executive branch consists of the President, the Vice President, the Cabinet and the 13 Departments, and also of the independent agencies. Its responsibility is to enforce laws. According to the principle of checks and balances, the President has the power of veto to reject the bill of the Congress. He also appoints all Supreme Court Justices.

The judicial branch consists of the Supreme Court, 11 Circuit Courts of Appeals and 94 District Courts. This branch explains and interprets laws and makes decisions in lawsuits. It has the power over the other two branches and according to the principle of checks and balances can declare their actions and laws unconstitutional in case they violate the principles of the Constitution.

2.Выразите согласие/несогласие со следующими утверждениями, используя ту или иную речевую модель.

Model:

c)I think it is true. The text tells us that........................

d)To my mind, it is false because...........................

1.The US Constitution was adopted in 1918 after the World War I.

2.The first 10 amendments are called the Bill of Rights.

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10. Legal aid is usually granted as long as financial test is satisfied.

2. Прочитайте интернациональные слова, обращая внимание на их правильное произношение по-английски, и переведите их на русский язык: а) словом с тем же корнем; б) в значении, в котором они встречаются в тексте.

advocate, licensed, clients, jurisdiction, specialization, profession, qualification, training, examinations, office, type, business, contracts, audience, normally, options, career, private, civil, criminal, faculty, college, dissertation, prosecutor, arbitrator, professor, politician.

3. Прочитайте и переведите текст со словарем.

TEXT 3 LEGAL

PROFESSIONS

A lawyer is a person learned in the law. A lawyer, also known as an attorney, a counselor, a solicitor, a barrister or an advocate, is an individual licensed by the state to engage in the practice of law and advise clients on legal matters. Lawyers act as both advocates and advisors on behalf of their clients.

The role of the lawyer varies significantly across legal jurisdictions, and therefore can be treated in only the most general terms. Lawyers' roles vary greatly, depending upon their practice environment and field of specialization.

In most countries there is only one legal profession. This means that all the lawyers have roughly the same professional education leading to the same legal qualifications, and they are permitted to do all the legal work.

In England the system is different. Here the profession is divided into two types of lawyers, called solicitors and barristers. Solicitors and barristers are both qualified lawyers, but they have different legal training; they take different examinations to qualify; and once they have qualified, they usually do different types of legal work.

Many solicitors deal with a range of legal work: preparing cases to be tried in the civil or criminal courts; giving legal advice in the field of business and drawing up contracts; making all the legal arrangements for the buying and selling of land or houses; assisting employees and employers; making wills.

Barristers are mainly "courtroom lawyers" who actually conduct cases in court. Unlike solicitors, they have rights of audience (rights to appear) in any court of the land, and so barristers are those lawyers who appear in the more difficult cases in the higher courts.

The educational requirements to becoming a lawyer vary greatly from country to country. In some countries, law is taught by a faculty of law, which is a department of a university's general undergraduate college. Law students in those countries pursue a Bachelor (LLB) or a Master (LLM) of Laws degree. In some countries it is common or even required for students to earn another bachelor's degree at the same time. Besides it is often followed by a series of advanced examinations, apprenticeships, and additional coursework at special government institutes. In other countries, particularly the United States, law is primarily taught at law schools. Most law schools are part of universities but a few are independent institutions. Law schools in the United States (and some in Canada and elsewhere) award graduating students a J.D. (Jurist Doctor/Doctor of

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Jurisprudence) (as opposed to the Bachelor of Laws) as the practitioner's law degree. However, like other professional doctorates, the J.D. is not the exact equivalent of the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), a university degree of the highest level, since it does not require the submission of a full dissertation based on original research.

The methods and quality of legal education vary widely. Some countries require extensive clinical training in the form of apprenticeships or special clinical courses. Many others have only lectures on highly abstract legal doctrines, which force young lawyers to figure out how to actually think and write like a lawyer at their first apprenticeship (or job).

In most common law countries lawyers have many options over the course of their careers. Besides private practice, they can always aspire to becoming a prosecutor, government counsel, corporate in-house counsel, judge, arbitrator, law professor, or politician.

In most civil law countries, lawyers generally structure their legal education around their chosen specialty; the boundaries between different types of lawyers are carefully defined and hard to cross. After one earns a law degree, career mobility may be severely constrained.

4. Найдите в тексте английские слова и словосочетания, соответствующие следующим словосочетаниям.

1.консультировать клиентов по вопросам права

2.выполнять все виды юридической работы

3.солиситоры и барристеры

4.сдавать квалификационные экзамены

5.право преподается на юридическом факультете

6.университетский колледж, готовящий бакалавров

7.степень магистра

8.добиваться получения степени бакалавра

9.присвоить ученую степень доктора юриспруденции (США)

10.защита диссертации

11.научноисследовательская работа

12.учебная практика

13.ученичество, место начального практического обучения

14.штатный юрисконсульт компании

15.страны общего права (англо-саксонской системы права)

16.страны романо-германской (континентальной) системы права

5.Найдите в тексте ответы на вопросы.

1.What is a lawyer?

2.What is so special in legal profession in England?

3.What is the difference between solicitors and barristers?

4.What have you learned about educational requirements to those who want to become a lawyer?

5.What degrees can you obtain at the university?

6.What degree is awarded in the USA?

7.What have you learned about methods and quality of legal education in different countries?

8.What kind of options do lawyers have in common law countries?

9.Why is career mobility constrained in civil law countries?

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11.Переведите предложения, используя слова и словосочетания из текста.

8.конституция Российской федерации — главный нормативный акт, имеющий высшую юридическую силу.

9.Конституция устанавливает основы социального, экономического и политического устройства России.

10.Конституция провозглашает идею приоритета прав и свобод человека.

11.Носителем суверенитета и единственным источником власти в РФ является ее многонациональный народ.

12.Все граждане России равны перед законом и судом.

13.Статья 10 Конституции Российской Федерации предусматривает принцип разделения государственной власти на законодательную, исполнительную и судебную.

14. Судебная власть осуществляется посредством конституционного, гражданского, административного

и уголовного судопроизводства.

15.Согласно Конституции судьи обладают независимостью, несменяемостью и неприкосновенностью.

16.Компетенция Прокуратуры включает надзор за исполнением законов всеми учреждениями, должностными лицами и гражданами.

17.При вступлении в должность Президент Российской Федерации приносит присягу.

UNIT 5. Constitutions ot the USA and the UK

1.Прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопросы:

1.When was the US Constitution adopted?

2.What does the US Constitution consist of?

3.How are the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution called?

4.What rights and liberties are protected under the Bill of Rights?

5.What is required in federal criminal cases?

6.What kind of trial is guaranteed by the Bill of Rights?

7.What are key features of the US Constitution?

8.What are the three branches of power according to the Constitution?

9.Is there a strict separation of powers?

10.Does any branch have more power than the others?

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