- •«Political Systems of different countries»
- •Us legislative branch of power
- •Exercises
- •1. Give equivalents of the following:
- •2. Find as many synonyms as you can:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •4. Translate the underlined passage into Russian.
- •Uk Legislative Branch of Power: Law-making in theory and practice
- •Exercises
- •1. Find the equivalents for the following:
- •2. Give as many synonyms as you can:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •4. Translate the underlined passage into Russian.
- •Listen, read and discuss Exercises
- •Describe the procedure of legislating in the British Parliament.
- •Listen to the text and consider this particular case.Say what other factors should be taken into consideration for a bill to become a law. Listening I.
- •Read the article and discuss it. Before you read,
- •David Steel attacks Nick Clegg's reform of the House of Lords
- •Disscussion Point 1
- •Executive Branch of Power of the usa
- •Exercises
- •1. Give the equivalents to the following:
- •2. Give as many synonyms as you can:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •4. Translate the underlined passage into Russian.
- •The British Government: The Structure of Her Majesty's Government
- •Exercises
- •1. Read the text and complete these sentences:
- •2. Speak about these appointments and their responsibilities. Translate the names of the titles into Russian.
- •3. What is the difference between Ministers of State, Junior Ministers and Non-Departmental Ministers? The Cabinet
- •1. Find equivalents of the following:
- •2. Give as many synonyms as you can:
- •3. Translate into English
- •4. Translate the underlined passage into Russian.
- •Listen, read and discuss
- •Speak about Presidential powers and the ones of a Prime Minister.
- •Listen to the text and consider this particular case. Say what powers are exercised by the Monarch and by the British Prime Minister. Listening II
- •Read the article and discuss it. Before you read,
- •Us legal system
- •Exercises
- •1. Find equivalents of the following.
- •2. Give as many synonyms as you can.
- •3. Translate into English
- •4. Translate the underlined passage. Lesson 10. Uk legal system
- •Exercises
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •Speak about criminals which should be sentenced to death penalty. Do you think there have been more or less hard criminals recently?
- •Read the article and discuss it. Before you read,
- •Miscarriages of justice are slipping off the public radar
- •Judicial systems of different countries
- •Elections in the usa
- •1. Find equivalents of the following:
- •2. Continue the following phrase as you wish:
- •3. Translate into English
- •4. Translate the underlined passage into Russian.
- •General elections in the United Kingdom
- •Polling Day
- •Exercises
- •Speak about Barack Obama’s electoral campaign. Which party does he represent? Who were his main rivals? What do you know about their political careers?
- •Listen to the text and answer the following questions. Listening IV.
- •Read the article and discuss it. Before you read,
- •Analysis: European elections can bring a cash bonanza for the far Right
Exercises
1. Answer the following questions.
How many legal systems actually are there in the UK? Where does English law apply? What law applies in Northern Ireland?
What is the difference between common law and civil law?
What significant changes occur in UK legal system in October 2009?
What courts does the Supreme Court of England and Wales comprise? What courts deal with civil and criminal cases? Do the Courts of the Northern Ireland follow a different pattern?
What are the chief courts within the legal system of Scotland?
What is the highest court of appeal for several independent Commonwealth countries? What cases are in its jurisdiction?
What cases are heard in the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal? What kind of jurisdiction is the one of the Employment tribunals?
Where can civil cases for minor claims be heard? What are the constituents of the High Court? What court should be appealed if the claimant is dissatisfied with the ruling of the County Court?
What claims are supposed to be dealt with in the Queen's Bench Division?
What did the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 provide for?
Where can a criminal case be heard?
What cases are heard in the Crown Court? Where do defendants appeal in case of miscarriages of justice?
Lesson 11. LISTEN, READ AND DISCUSS
Speak about criminals which should be sentenced to death penalty. Do you think there have been more or less hard criminals recently?
Listen to the text and consider this particular case. Listen to the VOA “THIS IS AMERICA “program “Death Sentences in U.S. at Their Lowest Level Since 1976” and fill the gaps in the sentences below. Mind that you will hear the tape once as far as it plays for about 15 minutes.
LISTENING III.
Death Sentences In U.S. At Their Lowest Level Since 1976
38 of the 50 American states _____________for murder and other capital crimes. These are the most serious _______________________.
The Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C., notes that executions have_______________________.
1976 was the year when the United States Supreme Court _____________of states to use ____________________________.
There are some new restrictions, though. In March the Supreme Court _________________ death sentences for ________________________________.
Justice Kennedy said it would be "morally misguided" _______________________of a young person with those of an _________. He said a young person has ___________________of reform.
Some people would like the United States Supreme Court ____________ all executions. Opponents of the death penalty say capital punishment can be _______________________. For example, they say blacks are _________________________________________________ to death than whites for similar crimes.
Opponents say economics play a part. Courts _____________________ if a ___________________ does not have enough money. But the opponents say ____________________________________-may depend on the ability to get a good lawyer.
More than 80 percent of these executions have happened in ______________. The highest rates are in the _____________, the lowest are in the______________. Texas has executed more than one-third of those put to death. Last year Texas courts __________________ twenty-three more people.
_____________________say capital punishment costs more than _____________________for life. The appeals process often continues for years. Opponents also note the risk that innocent people will be _______________by mistake. And they argue that ____________________does not stop criminals.
The Criminal Justice _______________in Sacramento, California, supports capital punishment. The organization says its represents the interests of __________and citizens who _____________. It says murderers sentenced to life in prison______________. Or they might kill others _________________.
The Criminal Justice Legal Foundation says the families of victims ____________that the killer of their loved one_________________________.
About two ___________people questioned for a Gallup Poll in 2004 _____________
_________________________________for murderers.
Most executions in the United States take place by _______________or _________
___________________. The area of prison ____________ where the condemned are kept is called____________.
Researchers at Northwestern University have studied death row____________. They say at least ___________men and women have been released from death rows in the United States since nineteen seventy three. New ______________their lives.
For many people, the _____________capital punishment involves religious issues. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has started _____________the death penalty.
Pope _________________criticized capital punishment. John Paul said it should be used only ___________________ when society could not be defended in any other way
The use of capital punishment began ___________________of American history. But in 1972 ______________________the Supreme Court effectively banned executions.
Four years later the Supreme court ____________________of states to make new laws ____________________________death sentences
Currently, ______________________and the District of Columbia do not have capital punishment.
But Governor Mitt Romney has proposed to_______________ the death penalty for some crimes. These include _________________ and _________________involving _____________________or more than one victim.