1. Read the extract, discuss it and give your definition of law.

Law, says the judge as he looks down his nose,

Speaking clearly and most severely,

Law as I have told you before,

Law is as you know I suppose,

Law is but let me explain it once more,

Law is The Law.

W. К Auden, extract from Law is like Love.

H. Answer the questions about the text.

1. Why has the question "What is law?" troubled people for many years?

2. Why does any existing society need law?

3. What would happen if people lived without laws?

4. What do laws reflect?

5. What influences the legal system?

6. What purposes do we expect our legal system to achieve?

Ш. Draw up the plan for rendering the text and then summarize it. IV. Discuss the issues.

l."When Law ends, tyranny begins." William Pit, Prime minister, 1801.

2. Ignorance of the law can never be an excuse for breaking it.

3. The laws we have in force at any particular time reflect our thoughts and attitudes as people centuries ago.