- •Мурманск 2008
- •Barristers
- •Task 3. Match the names of the courts with their definitions.
- •Task 4.Read the story about the barrister Mr. Smith. The author made 3 mistakes. Find them.
- •Task 5. Do you know how to call the person who does the following actions?
- •Task 6. You must read the secret letter from the agent to his boss. But we have not got the capital letters and the prepositions. Put them on the right place.
- •Task 7. Read the following text and fill in the chat. What is the difference between barristers and solicitors?
- •Solicitors and Barristers
- •Task 8. Answer the questions.
- •Task 9. Read the following text and answer the questions.
- •Task i0. Read the following text and answer the questions.
- •Task 11. Read the text and answer the questions: The Innocent and the Guilty.
- •Task 12. Match the following English expressions with their Russian equivalents.
- •Task 2. Work in groups. Make a list of arguments for and against the following statements.
- •Task 3. Read the text. Crime in Great Britain
- •Task 4. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following expressions.
- •The Survey of Crimes task 5. Match the words from the box with the definitions below.
- •Task 6. Look at this list of "crimes ". Try and rate each crime on a scale from 1 to 10. (1 is a minor, 10 is a very serious crime). They are in no order.
- •Penalties in England task 4. Read the text and examine the chart.
- •Task 5. These are the general types of punishment in England. Give a Russian equivalent for each of them. Which of these punishments exist in your country? Discuss this in your group.
- •Task 6. Work in pairs and discuss the following.
- •Unit V.
- •The world of crime
- •Bank Robbery
- •Task I. Look at this picture and read the text.
- •Do you know this robber?
- •Task 2. Find in the text the English equivalents for these words and expressions.
- •Task 5. Look at the following expressions used by criminals. Match each expression with its synonym given below.
- •Task 6. Retell the story about the bank robbery as if you were:
- •Task 7. Read the text. Try to translate the text.
- •Task 8. Work with a partner and number these stress factors 1-10, starting with 1 as the most serious.
- •Task 9. Read this press report from an the evening newspaper. Regina marketing chief kills four
- •Task 10. Imagine you are a witness for Mr. Hofmann's case. Develop these ideas. Persuade the court that he is guilty (not guilty).
- •Unit VI. Law Breakers task 1. Match each word on the left with the appropriate definition on the right:
- •Task 2, Continue the following table with the words from Task 1 where possible. The first few are done for you. Consult the dictionary when necessary:
- •Task 3. Look at the picture and read the police bulletin:
- •Task 4. Find in the text the description of the criminal and compose an opposite one: e.G. "The suspect is described as black, very tall..." Use some of the expressions given below:
- •Task 5. Translate the following police bulletin into English and make the corresponding photo fit: их разыскивает милиция
- •Role-play
- •Identify the Suspect!
- •Jack the Ripper
- •Mata Hari (born Gertruda Margarete Zelle), 1876—1917
- •Ellery Queen.
- •Bonnie and Clyde (Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow), d. 1934
- •George Blake, b. 1922
- •'Ma' Barker, d. 1935
- •Alphonse Capone, 1899—1947
- •Sherlock Holmes
- •Glossary
- •Приложение к рабочей тетради для юристов. Грамматика.
- •Проверяем знание лексических единиц. Match each word with the appropriate definition and write it down. Card 1.
- •Card 2.
- •1.The Sources of English Law
КООПЕРАТИВНЫЙ ТЕХНИКУМ МУРМАНСКОГО ОПС
рабочая тетрадь
Для юристов
(специальности 030503 «Правоведение», 030504 «Право и организация социального обеспечения»)
Составители
Василевская Э.Б.,
Бурлакова Н.В.
Мурманск 2008
Unit I
THE COURT SYSTEM OF ENGLAND AND WALES
TASK I. Read the text and translate it:
The most common type of law court in England and Wales is the magistrates' court.' There are 700 magistrates' courts and about 30,000 magistrates.
More serious criminal cases then go to the Crown Court, which has 90 branches in different towns and cities. Civil cases (for example, divorce or bankruptcy cases) are dealt with in County сourts.
Appeals are heard by higher courts. For example, appeals from magistrates' courts are heard in the Crown Court, unless they are appeals on points of law. The highest court of appeal in England and Wales is the House of Lords. (Scotland has its own High Court in Edinburgh, which hears all appeals from Scottish courts.) Certain cases may be referred to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. In addition, individuals have made the British Government change its practices in a number of areas as a result of petitions to the European Court of Human Rights.
The legal system also includes juvenile courts (which deal with offenders under seventeen) and coroners' courts (which investigate violent, sudden or unnatural deaths). There are administrative tribunals which make quick, cheap and fair decisions with much less formality. Tribunals deal with professional standards, disputes between individuals, and disputes between individuals and government departments (for example, over taxation).
THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN ENGLAND AND IN WALES.
T ASK 2. Find in the text the English equivalents for the words below.
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общее право;
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решение суда;
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уголовный кодекс;
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гражданский кодекс;
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мировой судья;
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Суд Короны;
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гражданское дело;
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суды графств;
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Европейский суд по правам человека;
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правовая система;
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суд по делам несовершеннолетних;
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правонарушитель;
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насильственная смерть;
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уголовное дело.
TASK 3. Use the information given above to answer the questions.
1. In the United Kingdom, what is the difference between criminal and civil law?
2. What is the most common type of law court in England and Wales ?
3. Name three other types of British courts.
TASK 4. Work in pairs and discuss the folio-wing.
Which courts do you think would deal with:
a) a bank robbery?
b) a divorce case?
c) a burglary committed by a fifteen-year-old?
d) a drowning?
e) a case of driving too fast?
Unit II.
PEOPLE IN LAW CASES IN GREAT BRITAIN.
A. Types of Legal Professions
TASK 1. Read this classification.
SOLICITORS
There are about 50,000 solicitors, a number which is rapidly increasing, and they make up by far the largest branch of the legal profession in England and Wales. They are found in every town, where they deal with all the day-today work of preparing legal documents for buying and selling houses, making wills, etc. Solicitors also work on court cases for their clients, prepare cases for barristers to present in the higher courts, and may represent their client in a Magistrates' court.
Barristers
There are about 5,000 barristers who defend or prosecute in the higher. courts. Although solicitors and barristers work together on cases, barristers specialize in representing clients in court and the training and career structures for the two types of lawyer are quite separate. In court, barristers wear wigs and gowns in keeping with the extreme formality of the proceedings. The highest level of barristers have the title QC (Queen's Counsel).
JUDGES
There are a few hundred judges, trained as barristers, who preside in more serious cases. There is no separate training for judges.
JURY
A jury consist of twelve people ("jurors"), who are ordinary people chosen at random from the Electoral Register (the list of people who can vote in elections). -The jury listen to the evidence given in court in certain criminal cases and decide whether the defendant is guilty or innocent. If the person is found guilty, the punishment is passed by the presiding judge. Juries are rarely used in civil cases.
MAGISTRATES
There are about 30,000 magistrates (Justices of the Peace or JPs), who judge cases in the lower courts. They are usually unpaid and have no formal legal qualifications, but they are respectable people who are given some training.
CORONERS
Coroners have medical or legal training (or both), and inquire into violent or unnatural deaths.
CLERKS OF THE COURT
Clerks look after administrative and legal matters in the courtroom.
TASK 2. Choose the correct definition for each legal profession mentioned in the text.
(a) an officer acting as a judge in the lower courts.
(b) a public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a law court.
(c) a group of people who swear to give a true decision on issues of in a law court.
(d) an official who investigates the cause of any death thought to be .violent or unnatural causes.
(e) a lawyer who has the right to speak and argue in higher law courts.
(f) a lawyer who prepares legal documents, advises clients on legal and speaks for them in lower law courts.