- •Державна податкова адміністрація україни національна академія державної податкової служби україни
- •Для студентів-юристів з курсу
- •I. Political system of Great Britain 66
- •II. Political system of the usa 75
- •III. Courts in Great Britain and the usa 89
- •VI. Branches of Law 97
- •Передмова
- •Part I. Texts and Exercises unit 1
- •I am a student of law department
- •Word list
- •About my friend
- •Word list
- •National state tax service academy of Ukraine
- •Word list
- •The political system of Ukraine
- •The Constitution of Ukraine
- •Word list
- •1) Body
- •2) Head
- •3) Policy
- •4) Subject
- •The Higher Bodies of State Authority of Ukraine
- •The political system of Great Britain
- •Word list
- •Information for you
- •Definitions of the courts
- •Insert prepositions:
- •The system of government
- •Word list
- •The crown
- •The political system of the usa
- •1) Office
- •What is law?
- •Word list
- •1. What is the main function of law?
- •2. What threatens a person who continually breaks the rules?
- •3. What should we do in the absence of law?
- •4. What law can be characterized as a perfect one?
- •Classification of law
- •Comments
- •Word List
- •Unit 8 Courts in Great Britain
- •Judiciary in Great Britain
- •Word list
- •The court system of England and Wales
- •The court system of the usa
- •Word list
- •The organization of the federal courts today
- •The federal and state court systems
- •Unit 10 Legal professions
- •Legal professions in GreatBritain and the usa
- •Word list
- •Sentences judge crimes behaviour murder prisoners magistrate imprisonment jury Crown
- •Solicitors and barristers
- •Attorneys in the usa
- •Part II. Additional reading
- •I. Political system of Great Britain
- •Lawmaking process in Great Britain
- •Lawmaking Process in usa
- •1. In which House does new legislation usually start?
- •2. What is a bill? How does a bill become a law?
- •3. Who has the right of veto?
- •Making New Laws: Bills and Acts
- •The Executive
- •Members of Parliament in Great Britain
- •The Election Timetable
- •Political Parties
- •II. Political system of the usa
- •The American System of Government
- •The Constitution and the Bill of Rights
- •Congress
- •The President and Federal Departments
- •Federal Departments
- •Checks and Balances
- •Federalism: State and Local Governments
- •Political Parties
- •Elections
- •Political Attitudes
- •III. Courts in Great Britain and the usa
- •Courts in England and Wales (Part I)
- •Vocabulary Notes to text
- •Criminal Courts
- •Magistrates' Courts
- •Commentary and Notes
- •Courts in England and Wales (part II)
- •Courts in Scotland
- •Vocabulary Notes to text
- •Courts in Northern Ireland
- •Commentary and Notes to the text
- •Coroner's Courts
- •Vocabulary Notes to the text
- •Appeals
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Growth of the Profession
- •Us Attorneys
- •The Federal Judiciary
- •VI. Branches of Law
- •Law: what is it?
- •Civil law
- •Civil law (family, contract, intellectual property)
- •VI. Find in the text and decide from the context what the word could mean, then choose the appropriate definition.
- •Criminal law
- •Labour Law
- •Administrative law
- •Employment law
- •Part III. Grammar Exercises Дієслово to be
- •Зворот there is (are, was, were, will be)
- •Дієслово to have
- •Зворот have / has got
- •Insert in each blank the form of pronouns which you consider correct (I-me; we-us; you-you; he-him; she-her; it-it; they-them)
- •Часи групи Continuous
- •The Present Continuous Tense
- •Break time
- •The Future Continuous Tense
- •Часи ГрупиIndefinite
- •The Present Indefinite Tense
- •The Past Indefinite Tense
- •Compare using of Present Indefinite and Past Indefinite.
- •In this exercise you have to read a sentence about the present and then write a sentence about the past.
- •In this exercise you have to write questions. A friend has just come back from holiday and you are asking him about it.
- •The Past Continuous Tense
- •Часи групи Perfect
- •The Present Perfect Tense
- •In this exercise you have to read the situation and then write a suitable sentence. Use the verb given
- •In this exercise you have to write sentences with already.
- •In this exercise you have to make questions with the words given
- •In this exercise you have to read the situation and then finish a sentence.
- •The Past Perfect Tense
- •The Future Perfect Tense
- •Reference List
Comments
1. E. E. Law – Європейське економічне право.
2. Conflict of Law – конфліктне право.
3. Equity – право справедливості.
4. Commonwealth – спільність, співдружність.
5. Roman civil law – римське цивільне право
6. Law of Tort – правовий делікт.
7. Case Law – прецедентне право.
Word List
Statute – статут, законодавчий акт Парламенту;
case – судова справа;
English Common Law – англійське загальне право;
branch – гілка;
criminal evidence – кримінальне свідчення, доказ;
prosecute – порушувати судову справу;
to punish – карати;
to divide into – ділити;
regulations – нормативи;
statutory law – статутне право.
Give the English equivalents for:
здійснювати політику уряду;
мати справу;
правові відносини;
включати;
профспілки;
регулювати відносини між країнами;
в тих випадках;
порушувати судову справу;
сучасні проблеми;
урядові установи;
протиправна поведінка.
Fill in the blanks
1. Law is an important part of …
2. Like its language, law reflects …
3. Law is found in …
4. Continental or Roman Law has developed …
5. Private Law is …
6. Family law is area of law …
7. International Law is the system of law …
8. The law of Tort is …
Read the following sentences and decide if they are true or false.
1. A particular legal system is closely connected with the history, political structure and social values of the country.
2. The legal system is fixed once and forever.
3. The law system is a universal thing.
4. Roman law has developed in the United States.
5. Each country in the world has its own system of law.
6. Law is found only in constitutions and statutes.
7. Family Law is the area of law relating to the organization of the family.
8. Constitutional Law deals with relations between ordinary individuals and the state.
Ask questions to get the following answers.
1. Law reflects values, history and current problems of a society.
2. There are two main traditions of law in the world.
3. Law is found in constitutions, statutes, cases decided by courts and regulations.
4. Constitutional or Roman law has developed in most of Continental Europe, Latin America and many countries in Asia and Africa.
5. Constitutional law defines the principal organs of government and their relationship to each other and to the individual.
6. Land is the most important form of property.
Match the following.
1. Constitutional law
a) law connected with public wrongs against society
2. Case law
b) a supreme source of law for a government
3. Civil law
c) law enacted by a state or federal legislature
4. Common law
d) law created by appellate courts
5. Criminal law
e) body of regulations imposed by emperors of ancient Rome
6. Roman Civil law
f) law reflecting customs of the people
7. Constitution
g) law created by appellate courts.
Answer the questions.
1. How do the two great systems of law, Common law and Roman civil law, differ?
2. What documents is law found in?
3. How can you define the term “Administrative law”?
4. What is Family law? What is it connected with?
5. What does International law regulate?
6. How can you define the term “Criminal law”? What are its main purposes and principles?
7. What do you suppose Labour law could be?
8. Define the concept “tort”. What are the main purposes of Tort law?
9. Do you know what the letters EEC stand for? Is Ukraine a member of the EEC? What is EE law?
10. What area of law interests you most?
Write down a summary of the two texts on what law is.
Read, translate into Ukrainian and prove that the proverbs have sense.
1. Customs are as old as Adam.
2. Life is not a bed of roses.
3. Murphy's Law.